Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)

—tempted as I may be by my hon. Friend. On justice and home affairs, for example, the UK has a huge amount to gain from working with EU partners to tackle cross-border challenges such as illegal migration, organised crime and terrorism. I think that we would agree on that point, and I think that we would also agree that the international dimension of those issues means that we can help other countries to help solve some of our problems. For example, I have a long-standing relationship with political parties in Malta, because I spent a big chunk of my childhood there. As colleagues know, Malta has enormous problems as a result of illegal immigration and human trafficking in the Mediterranean by organised criminals; those problems stretch beyond the resources of that small country. If there was not European co-operation to help that small nation address the serious, important human tragedies that affect many of those illegal immigrants—if we did not seek to address those problems on a pan-European basis—it would not only be irresponsible, but would worsen our difficulties in places such as the constituency of the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey; no place is a better example. There has to be a pan-European dimension. It is vital that, in the debate on that theme, we have a structured discussion that enables us to explore how the treaty will enable co-operation.