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Treaty of Lisbon (No. 7)

Debates on treaty on Tuesday, 26 February 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Jim Murphy. The answering member was Lord Hague of Richmond.
Debate on a motion to approve the Lisbon Treaty (Cm 7294). Provisions concerning the effectiveness of EU institutions and EU decision-making. Seventh day debate. Amendment negatived on division (170 to 299). Main question agreed on division (297 to 168).
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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
472 c926-85 
Session
2007-08
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty establishing the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, including the Protocols and Final Act with Declarations. (Lisbon 2007).
Monday, 17 December 2007
Command papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 472 c952 (Link to this contribution) I remind the House that Mr. Speaker has placed an eight-minute limit on Back-Bench speeches, which o...
Jim Murphy | 472 c935 (Link to this contribution) I cannot see anyone leading a walk-out as a result of that intervention.

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Andrew Mackinlay | 472 c935 (Link to this contribution) He was sacked as Minister for Europe.
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 472 c935 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister agree that there is one area in which we should have moved to qualified majority v...
Jim Murphy | 472 c934 (Link to this contribution) I do not agree with the right hon. Gentleman's assertion. The areas in which we have agreed to the e...
William Cash | 472 c934-5 (Link to this contribution) Two groups of amendments to the European Union (Amendment) Bill have been tabled in my name. Will th...
Jim Murphy | 472 c935 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has been uncharacteristically unfair on himself. He has, in fact, tabled 67 amend...
Jim Murphy | 472 c935 (Link to this contribution) I will not give way to the hon. Gentleman, but I will tell him what is left. The United Kingdom Gove...
Denis MacShane | 472 c935 (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister confirm that 99 per cent. of European Union national income stays in the hands of m...
Jim Murphy | 472 c935 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is right, as usual.
William Cash | 472 c937 (Link to this contribution) I do not think the Minister intended to do so, but he has slightly misconstrued—so to speak—what the...
Jim Murphy | 472 c936-7 (Link to this contribution) I shall make a little progress, if I may. This is an opportunity, not any kind of threat. However, ...
Jim Murphy | 472 c936 (Link to this contribution) It is absolutely clear that in the vast majority of cases—I will happily put what is available on th...
Jim Murphy | 472 c935 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has argued that case for some time. It is an established arrangement for the European...
Rob Marris | 472 c935-6 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give us an indication—perhaps later in the debate, if not now—of how frequently th...
Jim Murphy | 472 c936 (Link to this contribution) We made it absolutely clear that we wanted clarity and precision in the relationship between the hig...
Jim Murphy | 472 c936 (Link to this contribution) After I have given way to the hon. Gentleman, it might be helpful if I make a little progress.
James Clappison | 472 c936 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He has just said that he is happy with all the concess...
Mark Harper | 472 c939 (Link to this contribution) On the QMV point raised by the right hon. Member for Rotherham (Mr. MacShane), who is no longer in h...
Jim Murphy | 472 c938 (Link to this contribution) In response to that fair point, may I say that there is clearly a triple lock on any of these change...
Mark Hendrick | 472 c939 (Link to this contribution) If there is a move towards greater use of qualified majority voting, the introduction of double majo...
Jim Murphy | 472 c939 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has great experience of these issues and he is absolutely correct. Our share in the C...
Patricia Hewitt | 472 c937 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend confirm that the treaty protocol on the role of national Parliaments explicitly ...
Jim Murphy | 472 c937 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is correct. She amplifies the point that I was making in response to my hon. Fr...
Michael Connarty | 472 c938 (Link to this contribution) We went slightly off at a tangent on the question whether a Parliament could decide how it would scr...
Jim Murphy | 472 c937 (Link to this contribution) I did no such thing, as I am sure the hon. Gentleman will see if he checks Hansard. I was quoting ve...
Jim Murphy | 472 c941-2 (Link to this contribution) I usually respect the points made by the hon. Gentleman, but in this case he is absolutely wrong. Is...
Mike Gapes | 472 c942 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend the Minister give way?
Jim Murphy | 472 c941 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether I concede it, but I certainly congratulate the hon. Gentleman on ensuring we h...
Bernard Jenkin | 472 c941 (Link to this contribution) At the moment, for example, the European Union cannot conclude a military agreement with third count...
Jim Murphy | 472 c939-40 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend talks with great authority on these issues. Alone in the EU, this Government have pro...
William Cash | 472 c940 (Link to this contribution) We had an exchange on this point this morning. Will the Minister be kind enough to tell me why he al...
Michael Connarty | 472 c939 (Link to this contribution) I wish to raise a technical point. QMV will be introduced for areas in which it is not used at the m...
Jim Murphy | 472 c939 (Link to this contribution) What an innovative idea! I cannot go further than putting on the record those votes in which we were...
Ian Taylor | 472 c939 (Link to this contribution) It was obvious in the last Conservative Government that good Ministers rarely had problems with voti...
Mike Gapes | 472 c942 (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c942 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move amendment (b), in line 1, leave out from 'House' to end and add"““disapproves of the G...
Mike Gapes | 472 c942 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is making the predictable point about the shortage of time, but he has also...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c942 (Link to this contribution) It is very early, but I will give way to the hon. Gentleman.
Denis MacShane | 472 c943 (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman—who, like me, has a close connection to Rotherham—accept that the Prim...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c942-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman was elected on a manifesto that banged on about holding a referendum, so it is no...
Bernard Jenkin | 472 c944 (Link to this contribution) If the question of legal personality for the European Union as a whole makes absolutely no differenc...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c943-4 (Link to this contribution) I said that the right hon. Gentleman's journey back to the Front Bench was long and arduous, but I t...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c944-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point, which could be made about so many aspects of the treaty that we a...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c945 (Link to this contribution) I want to come to that point in a moment, if the hon. Gentleman will allow me to finish my argument....
Mark Hendrick | 472 c945 (Link to this contribution) One of the treaty's many proposals for improving the European Union is the proposal to move away fro...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c945 (Link to this contribution) I think that the European Union would carry on rather well, as I think the hon. Gentleman is suggest...
Kelvin Hopkins | 472 c945 (Link to this contribution) I am following what the right hon. Gentleman is saying with interest and enjoyment. If there was no ...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c946 (Link to this contribution) I was just dealing with that point; I acknowledged the need for some changes, but along the lines of...
Mike Gapes | 472 c946 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman seems to think that enlargement has not made it necessary to make the refor...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c945-6 (Link to this contribution) Of course I will give way again to the hon. Gentleman, but let me just finish my point; otherwise, m...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c946 (Link to this contribution) Well, the hon. Gentleman says that, but most of us in the House are, I think, in favour of Turkish a...
Jim Murphy | 472 c928 (Link to this contribution) I will give way to the hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson) and then to my hon. Friend the Member...
Jim Murphy | 472 c928 (Link to this contribution) There are a range of options to look at with regard to the way in which we organise matters. As I sa...
Gwyneth Dunwoody | 472 c927-8 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister does not always produce such a dramatic effect in the Chamber. Can he te...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 472 c928 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate that my hon. Friend said that the mechanisms must be examined, especially in consultati...
Jim Murphy | 472 c928-9 (Link to this contribution) We have not yet formed a firm view and we need to discuss such issues with the relevant Select Commi...
Baroness Browning | 472 c929 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister confirm that we can debate as much as we like any regulation that has been subject...
Jim Murphy | 472 c929 (Link to this contribution) I have not yet got past page 1 of my introductory comments, but I will give way to the hon. Lady and...
Jim Murphy | 472 c929 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady knows that I have served on European Standing Committees A, B and C and examined such ...
Jim Murphy | 472 c929-30 (Link to this contribution) I shall make some progress and then, of course, give way to hon. Members who want to intervene. I w...
Jim Murphy | 472 c930 (Link to this contribution) The fact is that the supremacy of European law was established before the UK joined the European Com...
Jim Murphy | 472 c930 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is better informed than the hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness (Mr. Stuart)—...
Ian Taylor | 472 c930 (Link to this contribution) Is the Minister not indicating that the best way of undermining the sovereignty of Parliament is to ...
Jim Murphy | 472 c930 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right in his analysis of qualified majority voting and of why this ...
John Redwood | 472 c930-1 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is right that there has been a progressive surrender of powers and a progressive increa...
Jim Murphy | 472 c931 (Link to this contribution) Where I agree is that the European Communities Act 1972 would be the way to seek the removal, as it ...
William Cash | 472 c931 (Link to this contribution) On the important point that my hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness (Mr. Stuart) raise...
Jim Murphy | 472 c931 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the sharing of that sovereignty. The fact is that Parliamen...
Jim Murphy | 472 c931 (Link to this contribution) The fact was that—[Hon. Members: ““Yes.””] No, I disagree with the right hon. Gentleman's analysis o...
Kelvin Hopkins | 472 c933 (Link to this contribution) As so often happens with European issues, my hon. Friend is talking about the changes as though they...
Bernard Jenkin | 472 c932 (Link to this contribution) Would the Minister accept that, for example, the French Conseil d'Etat regularly maintains a conflic...
Jim Murphy | 472 c932 (Link to this contribution) The fact is that, if we were to repeal the European Communities Act 1972, it would be an invitation ...
Robert Goodwill | 472 c931 (Link to this contribution) I speak as someone who used to head up the European Parliament side in conciliation negotiations. On...
Jim Murphy | 472 c931-2 (Link to this contribution) The make-up of these Committees, in regard to the balance between Ministers and civil servants, is a...
Michael Connarty | 472 c933 (Link to this contribution) I wanted to raise this matter as I was not sure whether the Minister was going to expand on the poin...
Jim Murphy | 472 c933 (Link to this contribution) As we end the process of diplomatic musical chairs and travelling around the 27 European capitals, t...
Robert Goodwill | 472 c934 (Link to this contribution) The Minister makes no mention of the Economic and Social Committee or the Committee of the Regions, ...
Jim Murphy | 472 c933-4 (Link to this contribution) Time does not allow me to elaborate in much detail, apart from saying that the expectation was that ...
Andrew Mackinlay | 472 c933 (Link to this contribution) I want to raise a relatively small matter that has not yet been addressed. Each member state that ho...
Jim Murphy | 472 c933 (Link to this contribution) I respect my hon. Friend's point of view, although we do not agree. The changes will ensure that the...
Jim Murphy | 472 c934 (Link to this contribution) I believe that the Committee of the Regions is important, because it provides a significant opportun...
David Heathcoat-Amory | 472 c934 (Link to this contribution) Has the Minister seen the authoritative report published this week about the operation of the artist...
Helen Goodman | 472 c977-8 (Link to this contribution) Yes, of course I have. The right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks made much of changes he would have...
Mark Francois | 472 c972-4 (Link to this contribution) It is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Michael Connarty), the ...
Michael Connarty | 472 c970-2 (Link to this contribution) We have heard a number of pleas from the heart about defence policy, for transport and, now, for fis...
Bernard Jenkin | 472 c966 (Link to this contribution) I am not going to give way, as I am just concluding my remarks. But while Europe fiddles with ESDP,...
Gwyneth Dunwoody | 472 c966-8 (Link to this contribution) The interesting thing about the speech that the hon. Member for North Essex (Mr. Jenkin) just made i...
Bill Wiggin | 472 c968 (Link to this contribution) I should like to talk about competences, and about marine biological resources in particular. Instea...
Kelvin Hopkins | 472 c968 (Link to this contribution) I strongly agree with the hon. Gentleman. Is not the only real solution to withdraw from the common ...
Bill Wiggin | 472 c968-9 (Link to this contribution) Tempting though that proposal might be, that is absolutely not what I am going on to conclude, so I ...
Angus Robertson | 472 c969 (Link to this contribution) What explanation can the hon. Gentleman give for the fact that the fisheries sectors of Norway, Icel...
Bill Wiggin | 472 c969-70 (Link to this contribution) It would be so simple to put that down to the fact that they are single-species fisheries, but I bel...
Mark Harper | 472 c977 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Deputy Leader for giving way. She has referred to many references in the treaty to the v...
Gwyneth Dunwoody | 472 c974 (Link to this contribution) He alleged that Angela Merkel had said ““Of course, it could not be a Briton in charge.””
Mark Francois | 472 c974 (Link to this contribution) I am short of time, but I will allow the hon. Gentleman to intervene briefly.
Doug Henderson | 472 c974 (Link to this contribution) I shall be very brief. Does the hon. Gentleman not agree that what he has just said is at the nub of...
Mark Francois | 472 c974 (Link to this contribution) I think that the former Prime Minister has enough problems wondering whether he can secure the suppo...
Doug Henderson | 472 c974 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Mark Harper | 472 c977 (Link to this contribution) Will the Deputy Leader of the House give way?
Helen Goodman | 472 c977 (Link to this contribution) No. The right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks made much of changes that he would have liked to see ...
Mark Francois | 472 c974-5 (Link to this contribution) If that is the case, why have the Government been struggling so hard to retain blocking minorities o...
Helen Goodman | 472 c976-7 (Link to this contribution) We have had an excellent debate on matters that are central to the Lisbon treaty. It is a great plea...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 472 c946-7 (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that capping countries' number of seats in the European Parliame...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c947 (Link to this contribution) I had not thought of that point, but I am grateful to the hon. Lady for adding to my argument. Those...
Mark Hendrick | 472 c950 (Link to this contribution) Is the right hon. Gentleman suggesting that the decision on the matter should no longer require unan...
Rob Marris | 472 c947 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for stiffening yet further my resolve to vote in favour of...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c947 (Link to this contribution) That does of course make joining more difficult for those countries; I think that I can make common ...
Angus Robertson | 472 c947 (Link to this contribution) No, my intention is to draw the right hon. Gentleman's attention to the fact that many people in our...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c947 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will say that Scotland needs accession to the EU, too.
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c950 (Link to this contribution) No. I am saying that that should have been one of the Government's negotiating objectives, but they ...
David Heathcoat-Amory | 472 c950 (Link to this contribution) This is an extremely serious part of the treaty. Under the doctrine of exclusive competence, member ...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c951 (Link to this contribution) We discussed foreign policy last week, and we must acknowledge that the definitions set out in the t...
Patricia Hewitt | 472 c952-3 (Link to this contribution) It is a real pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks (Mr. Hague) and my hon. Fr...
Kelvin Hopkins | 472 c953 (Link to this contribution) I have said many times in the House that what many of us really want is an EU of independent democra...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c951 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my hon. Friend is right. Of course it means power. Competence here is a euphemism for power, be...
William Cash | 472 c951 (Link to this contribution) As ever, my right hon. Friend makes an extremely good case. Does he agree that although ““competence...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c951-2 (Link to this contribution) I have given way to the hon. Gentleman twice, and half of the debate has gone by, so I want to skip ...
Mark Hendrick | 472 c951 (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
Graham Stuart | 472 c959 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful to the hon. Lady, who is, as ever, most gracious. The hon. Lady has explain...
Jo Swinson | 472 c959 (Link to this contribution) I have been very generous—[Interruption.] I will give way to the hon. Gentleman because he was on a ...
Jo Swinson | 472 c958-9 (Link to this contribution) As we saw earlier—other people in the Chamber may not have been asleep when it happened—the Liberal ...
Mark Harper | 472 c958 (Link to this contribution) Given that the hon. Lady is so keen on citizens' initiatives, does she think that it would be an ini...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 472 c960-1 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the Lib Dems, who I am sure will still be basking in the glory of g...
Iain Duncan Smith | 472 c961 (Link to this contribution) I was present during the Maastricht debates, and I did not believe any of that at the time, which is...
Speaker | 472 c959 (Link to this contribution) Order. There is a limited amount of time for this debate. I suspect that the hon. Lady is being side...
Jo Swinson | 472 c959-60 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly try to resist that temptation, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I will just say that the two th...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 472 c962-3 (Link to this contribution) That is a genuine problem for me. As a Bavarian brewer's granddaughter, I would be happy to drink on...
Denis MacShane | 472 c962 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will know about the German Reinheitsgebot, which states that one cannot brew beer unl...
James Clappison | 472 c964 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend realise that his drawing attention to the important incremental change in the wo...
Bernard Jenkin | 472 c963-4 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Ms Stuart), who is the best sort of Eurosc...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 472 c962 (Link to this contribution) I am not quite so gloomy. If the Commission were to take the principle of subsidiarity and proportio...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 472 c962 (Link to this contribution) With the greatest respect, I disagree with my right hon. Friend. At the moment, the treaty tells us ...
Patricia Hewitt | 472 c962 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend accept that what she proposes is exactly what is set out in the protocol on the ...
Bernard Jenkin | 472 c964 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. The change is significant and represents a general obligation that has ente...
Gerald Howarth | 472 c964 (Link to this contribution) How does my hon. Friend think that the EU would react to a member state that sought to flout the sug...
Mark Harper | 472 c955 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Given how difficult your job is and how important it is to ...
Patricia Hewitt | 472 c954-5 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree. My hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. Whether on climate change or on...
Mark Hendrick | 472 c954 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that given the economic, political and military rise of countries su...
Patricia Hewitt | 472 c953-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend and I have a completely different view of the EU. His description of a purely volunta...
Speaker | 472 c955 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure what immediate relevance that has to our proceedings, but any question or criticism of...
Jo Swinson | 472 c955 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to follow the right hon. Member for Leicester, West (Ms Hewitt), who has been a frequ...
Jo Swinson | 472 c956 (Link to this contribution) In one or two minutes, I certainly will. I was pleased to be here for what surely must be a first i...
Mark Harper | 472 c956 (Link to this contribution) On the subject of agreeing with colleagues, can the hon. Lady tell the House whether she agrees with...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 472 c956 (Link to this contribution) Does the fact that the Liberal Democrats were unable to have their amendment debated mean that they ...
Jo Swinson | 472 c956 (Link to this contribution) I certainly find it incredibly disappointing that we are not able to debate the amendment that stand...
Jo Swinson | 472 c956 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to have to disappoint the hon. Lady. Fortunately, we have had at least one occasion on wh...
Jo Swinson | 472 c956-7 (Link to this contribution) I will give way again shortly; I should like to make some progress. The current six-month rotating ...
Jo Swinson | 472 c957-8 (Link to this contribution) We certainly want to ensure that cross-border crime is dealt with swiftly, and in measures relating ...
Jo Swinson | 472 c958 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Gentleman is putting words into the mouths of my hon. Friends, but I certainly...
Jim Murphy | 472 c927 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has paid close attention to these matters for a period of months. It would be wrong f...
Jim Murphy | 472 c927 (Link to this contribution) The discussion today has not yet started. Perhaps when we have started a discussion of any substance...
Michael Connarty | 472 c927 (Link to this contribution) I hoped to avoid the situation where I am asking the Minister questions after he speaks about someth...
Jim Murphy | 472 c927 (Link to this contribution) We did not have this sort of difficulty under any of the other eight Europe Ministers who have serve...
Bob Spink | 472 c927 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the House, but I would like to take us back to the debate in question. On 20 February...
Lord Murphy of Torfaen | 472 c927 (Link to this contribution) That is not an issue for the Government or for any individual Minister. All that I would say in pass...
Ian Davidson | 472 c927 (Link to this contribution) Has the Minister noticed that we never had this sort of difficulty when my right hon. Friend the Mem...
Jim Murphy | 472 c926 (Link to this contribution) I just wished to make that point so that I can get further than I did on the last occasion before gi...
John Redwood | 472 c926 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister agree that it is a discourtesy to him and the House that the Liberal Democrats, af...
Lord Murphy of Torfaen | 472 c926 (Link to this contribution) And secondly, reforms to the way in which the EU takes decisions and the accountability for those de...
Speaker | 472 c926 (Link to this contribution) I suggest that Mr. Jim Murphy gets on with the debate.
Lord Murphy of Torfaen | 472 c926 (Link to this contribution) Today we are debating the institutional reforms introduced by the Lisbon treaty. These fall into two...
Speaker | 472 c926 (Link to this contribution) Order. We are now going to continue with this afternoon's debate in the way that we should—[Interrup...
Jim Murphy | 472 c926 (Link to this contribution) As I was saying, we are debating the institutional reforms introduced by the Lisbon treaty. Those fa...
Jim Murphy | 472 c926 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House approves the Government's policy towards the Treaty of Lisbon in resp...
David Howarth | 472 c926 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move Standing Order No. 29.
Mike Gapes | 472 c945 (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
Jim Murphy | 472 c928 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman and I often cross swords, but he makes a fair point that we have to design our sy...
Graham Stuart | 472 c930 (Link to this contribution) Do the Government believe that parliamentary sovereignty persists? Has it been temporarily handed to...
Jim Murphy | 472 c934 (Link to this contribution) Let me make some progress and I will happily give way to the hon. Gentleman later. The second group...
Angus Robertson | 472 c928 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has indicated that he will listen to the various interest groups, Members of this House...
Doug Henderson | 472 c931 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend also agree that it is not a question of giving up sovereignty, but a question of...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 472 c947-9 (Link to this contribution) We may be getting away from the effectiveness of EU decision making, but I strongly disagree with th...
Bernard Jenkin | 472 c965-6 (Link to this contribution) That member state would be in breach of the treaty. Let us be clear: there is no remit for the court...
James Clappison | 472 c957 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is making a valiant performance in the course of her somewhat lonely vigil on her Benc...
Jim Murphy | 472 c939 (Link to this contribution) I was with the hon. Gentleman right up to his last few syllables. Thus far, in the vast majority of ...
Jim Murphy | 472 c942 (Link to this contribution) I was about to conclude, and my hon. Friend will have an opportunity a little later to contribute to...
Jo Swinson | 472 c955-6 (Link to this contribution) I should like to make a little progress, but then I am sure that I will not want to miss out on an i...
James Clappison | 472 c938 (Link to this contribution) I take it that the Minister is referring to the very important provision—I believe it is article 48—...
Jim Murphy | 472 c938 (Link to this contribution) I believe that my hon. Friend was attending a COSAC meeting, where he has an opportunity to discuss ...
Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 472 c958 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady seems to be an erstwhile expert on the Conservative party's policy on Europe. Does she...
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