MPs debate Eurozone financial assistance
25 May 2011 (updated on 25 May 2011)
Mark Reckless, Conservative MP for Rochester and Strood, introduced a Backbench Business debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday 19 May on Eurozone financial assistance
He expressed his concern about the UK helping to bail out Eurozone countries in financial difficulties.
Mark Hoban, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, responded to the debate on behalf of the Government.
Watch and read the debate and the views expressed by MPs on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard.
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