I shall give way to the Chairman of the Select Committee on Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in a minute.
On the specific point about energy, it is important to bear in mind what the treaty says. It states:"““measures shall not affect a Member State's right to determine the conditions for exploiting its energy resources, its choice between different energy sources and the general structure of its energy supply””."
Those are important guarantees to have in the treaty and the body of European law which were not there before. Given the perspective held by the right hon. Member for Wells, I would had thought he would be able to support them.
Treaty of Lisbon (No. 2)
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hutton of Furness
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 30 January 2008.
It occurred during Debates on treaty on Treaty of Lisbon (No. 2).
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