Court of Justice of the European Union

As with any other court here in the United Kingdom, I am sure there will be judgments with which ...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way again. In reference to House of Lords, the 2011 repo...

I want to come on to the question of quality and the article 255 panel later. If my hon. Friend i...

First, I congratulate the Minister for Europe on his French pronunciation, which I thought was A*...

We are talking here not about additional judges but about additional advocates-general. As I have...

I am grateful to the Minister, who is generous in giving way for a second time. That is why I was...

The right hon. Gentleman may have an opportunity tomorrow to express his views about the European...

Is the Minister aware of occasions when other European countries have not been anxious or zealous...

I am always willing to say that if any right hon. or hon. Member, or any UK business, can come fo...

Order. We are drifting from the question of advocates-general. Mr Shannon has tempted you, Minist...

If the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) applies to Mr Speaker for an Adjournment debate, ...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way again. The agreement on the advocates-genera...

These are two separate decisions that have two different processes. We are indeed talking about a...

The Minister is bringing a great deal of clarity to our discussion of the motion. Will he tell us...

We have one member on the panel. There are members from different member states represented aroun...

But does the Minister not agree that what we want is fewer judges because we want fewer cases? Th...

Order. I have allowed the right hon. Gentleman to intervene on the Minister even though he only a...

I would say to my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (Mr Redwood) that we need less legis...

I have just heard a muttering from behind me suggesting that Britain’s nomination is absolutely b...

I am happy to write to my hon. Friend with a list of the members of the article 255 panel and the...

If the Court hopes to have the Polish advocate-general appointed by 1 July, is there time for tha...

As I was about to say, given that this request was only made by the Court on 16 January, and clea...

We welcome the opportunity to discuss the proposed increase in the number of advocates-general at...

I congratulate the Minister on the Bill he brought forward a year ago that allows us to hold this...

I am most apologetic for the fact that I was not here in the earlier part of the debate, but I di...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady, but she misses the point that I am trying to make, and evidently ...

I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to intervene on him a second time. ...

The hon. Lady asked me a question that went into sub-paragraphs on whether I was denying the grea...

I do not know whether that is an invitation for me to cross the Floor and tickle the tummy of the...

I can give the right hon. Gentleman some clarity on this point. The proposal is that the remainin...

I thank the Minister for that clarification and look forward to ensuring that that expectation is...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Leicester East (Keith Vaz), as indeed it is ...

I think that my hon. Friend would be more charitable to the Conservative Benches if he knew that ...

They are obviously discussing Australian affairs, rather than European ones, but I am sure they a...

I apologise for not making myself clear. The reason I do not want it to be efficient is that I do...

We have sent some of our best quality advocates and lawyers to take part in the European Court of...

I am grateful to all right hon. and hon. Members who have taken part in the debate and shall atte...

On the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice, I am sure that it has not gone unnoticed t...

The hon. Lady is right that, on jurisprudence, the Court has treated this issue as one of great i...

I am grateful to the Minister for taking a second intervention. I hope that, aided and abetted by...

I will write to the hon. Lady with that information, but I can tell her now that, as I am sure sh...