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Treaty of Lisbon (No. 7)

Proceeding contribution from Michael Connarty (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 26 February 2008. It occurred during Debates on treaty on Treaty of Lisbon (No. 7).
I wish to raise a technical point. QMV will be introduced for areas in which it is not used at the moment. One of them is the famous passerelle clause, which the Prime Minister has said will be dealt with on the Floor of the House. There are all the other opt-in areas, and I understand that there are 70 or 80 of them. When they are transposed into the new Community method under the treaty, they will be subject to QMV. Has the Minister given any further thought to the point that I made on Second Reading about the procedure for that? I am concerned that that should not be decided under the statutory instrument procedure, off the Floor of the House, because those issues are the business of this Chamber.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
472 c939 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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