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Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)

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—
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
471 c83 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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