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Thank you very much for coming round on Friday.
I think it was useful to talk through at this stage
a number of aspects of the forthcoming debate.
Since we spoke, I have been reflecting further
on the question of the length of the debate. It
has occurred to us that the Prime Minister will no
doubt wish to make an oral statement on 5 November
about the European Council which she and I will
have attended on 3 and 4 December in Dublin. That
will make it more difficult to achieve the objective
we discussed of fitting the debate into a single day,
finishing at midnight.
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I still think that should be our objective.
The tactics of selling this to the Opposition are
of course for you. But as I said at the meeting,
I hope you will be able to hold open the prospect
of a second day, at least in the early stages of
your negotiation. The more I think about it the
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