I know the hon. Gentleman’s position, and he knows ours. That is not new in this place. We think that the treaty will bring benefits to Britain. We believe that a European Union of 27 members needs different structures from the European Union of six, nine, 15 or 25 members. We need to avoid the nonsense of changing the presidency every six months. We support all those things, but that does not mean that we are against scrutiny. We have argued over and again that we do not give adequate scrutiny—
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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