Proceeding contribution from Mark Francois (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 25 February 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Amendment) Bill.
European Union (Amendment) Bill
As the shadow Minister for Europe, I know that there was a great deal of argument in the context of national Parliaments about whether the relevant word should be ““shall”” or ““may””; we will come on to that subject tomorrow, so I will not dwell on it now. No doubt we shall debate that point in detail tomorrow—the Minister is smiling already. In the paragraph of article 21 that the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, South-West cited, the word ““shall”” appears three times, and I think that it appears in a compulsive context.
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- 2007-08
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- Development aid European Union EU common foreign and security policy EU institutions Treaties EU aid Treaty of Lisbon
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- European Union (Amendment) Bill 2007-08
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