Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ian Davidson (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Wednesday, 20 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 19 members in total.

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OXFAM AND THE LISBON TREATY

That this House notes that in an e-mail sent to the hon. Member for Glasgow South West on 17th January Oxfam states that it `. . . has no stance on whether or not the EU Treaty is adopted . . . these issues are ouside our competence and mandate'; notes that Oxfam was cited by the Foreign Secretary in the Second Reading Debate of 21st January 2008 as an organisation supporting the development co-operation measures in the Treaty as part of an argument that Parliament should pass the European Union (Amendment) Bill; notes also that the e-mail goes on to state that `. . . on the Treaty . . . there are . . . a number of caveats and concerns, which we and other development NGOs have raised'; and believes that this clarification of the position of Oxfam should be declared when citing the support of this organisation in relation to EU development policy and Lisbon Treaty matters.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

990 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Ann Winterton

Kelvin Hopkins

Nigel Evans

Graham Stringer

David Leslie Taylor

Subjects

Charities EU law EU integration

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk