{"value":{"id":147385,"askingMemberId":950,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2014-11-10T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2014-11-24T00:00:00","uin":"HL2789","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 3 November (HL2246, HL2247 and HL2249) concerning the repatriation of powers from the European Union to the United Kingdom, whether they will consider recommending withdrawal from the European Union if their objectives cannot be met through negotiation.","answeringBodyId":16,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign and Commonwealth Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3474,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2014-11-20T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The UK Government’s position is clear: the European Union must reform to become more competitive, democratically accountable and fair for those inside and outside the Eurozone. The need for reform is widely recognised among EU Member States and the UK Government has already shown that it is possible, such as through cutting the EU budget and ending the UK’s bailout obligations.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"European Union","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/147385","method":"GET"}]}