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Treaty of Lisbon (No. 4)

I hope that hon. Gentleman will turn his attention to the following point, which I was trying to make in my speech. One of the changes made by the Lisbon treaty is to move the single market provisions into that treaty; future proposals will be made under the provisions that we are debating today. I understand that his party's position is not to accept the validity of the Lisbon treaty, even if it is ratified by this House. How, then, will he react to future proposals to improve the single market made under the Lisbon treaty? He says that improving that market is his objective, but clearly he will not be in a position to accept any such proposal, will he?