The Minister has said that the timetable that the Government propose is longer than the debates on three previous treaties. Will he put on record that the time taken by the debates on the Maastricht treaty—some of us see a parallel with this Bill, because of the debate about a referendum, which the Tory Government of the day opposed—was longer than that allocated in this motion? How many days were given to that debate on the Floor of the House?
Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)
Proceeding contribution from
Simon Hughes
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 28 January 2008.
It occurred during Debate on Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty).
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2007-08
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