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Treaty of Lisbon (No. 2)

The hon. Gentleman completely misunderstands the treaty, because that is a supplementary, additional provision, not something that qualifies what I have just asserted. It is not question of either/or, but of an extra ““and””. The fact that the hon. Gentleman does not understand that shows the problems that we get into when this House scrutinises European legislation so poorly. We get ministerial guarantees, and a few years later, judgments come at us down the track that we were told would never come our way. That is why people get so angry about the way in which European legislation—