European Union (Amendment) Bill

I agree, and I think it incumbent on the Government to spell out those safeguards, perhaps in the other place, and to work with other legislatures and Governments. That is the only way in which those powers can be given effect. I want to discuss the other benefits of the Lisbon treaty for Britain. They include Britain's increased ability to protect our children from sex offenders—Lisbon allows member states to share information about convicted paedophiles—Britain's increased ability to tackle gun crime on our streets thanks to Lisbon's provision for closer co-operation in stopping gun trafficking and Britain's increased ability to counter drug trafficking and the exploitation of women by people traffickers thanks to other Lisbon provisions. Yet while experienced Conservatives welcome such measures, Conservative Front Benchers oppose them. They should be in no doubt that we will remind voters that the Conservatives voted against measures to catch sex offenders, to curb the illegal importation of drugs and guns and to tackle terrorism, which is how out of touch they have become with the modern world.