European Parliament
David Campbell Bannerman  (ECR ),
Blue-card answer.
– The answer is that, as part of being a member of the European Union, every member country, such as Britain, has to hand over the negotiation of free trade agreements to the EU. I personally think that Britain should be outside the European Union and negotiate its own free trade agreements, as do Norway and Switzerland – and we would get a better result. That is the reason that is driving it. I am in favour of trade and of helping Europe get better jobs – I think we all are here – but I think there are better ways of doing it.

