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<p>The Government supports the process of Turkey’s EU accession, which remains the
most effective means of encouraging reform, stability and democracy in Turkey. But
as the Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has made
it clear that the question of Turkey actually joining the EU is 'not remotely on the
cards', indeed that he does not believe it will happen 'for decades'. Every Member
State has a veto, at every stage of the process. It is the Government's policy not
to agree to any further enlargement of the EU without a new system of controls on
the movement of workers being put in place. Under the European Union Act 2011, any
new Accession Treaty would require primary legislation before it could be ratified.</p>
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