Priti Patel's inaccurate claim that the UK has no control on EU regulation
Déclaration
Priti Patel tells BBC question time that the UK has no say over the amount of regulation coming from the EU, whilst also claiming that the UK is constantly being outvoted.
She said:
“We have no say over the amount of regulation and red tape that comes and affects UK small businesses”
Erreur
However Britain is given its say through the British MEPs and government ministers who vote on council. According to the BBC, they have been on the winning side 86.7% of the time in recent years.
Through the qualified majority voting system, the UK has around 12-13% of the votes, the same as both France and Italy.
Whilst research suggests the UK is the country the most likely to vote against the majority, in the vast majority of cases, the UK voted on the winning side: 97.4% of the time in 2004-09 and 86.7% of the time in 2009-15
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