There are frequent calls for a debate on neutrality, although there are few subjects which have been more thoroughly debated over the past 20 years, not only in relation to European treaties but also events such as Afghanistan and the war in Iraq. The subject has been very thoroughly discussed. I am not a fundamentalist on neutrality. I do not favour the type of position which would isolate us from all our friends on both sides of the Atlantic and make it impossible for us to be full members of the European Union.