It is simply that we have not ruled that in or out. That is the correct position when faced with that hypothesis. There is no doubt whatever about what will happen if the Lisbon treaty is unratified and still on the table. Who knows whether that situation will come to pass?
European Affairs
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hague of Richmond
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 16 June 2009.
It occurred during Debate on European Affairs.
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2008-09
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