Proceeding contribution from James Clappison (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 26 February 2008. It occurred during Debate on treaty on Treaty of Lisbon (No. 7).

Treaty of Lisbon (No. 7)

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He has just said that he is happy with all the concessions made on qualified majority voting, but let us take just one example, although an important one: the QMV that the treaty introduces for proposals made by the new high representative. When this matter first came before the IGC, the Minister's predecessor, now the Secretary of State for Justice, opposed it, saying it was ““simply unacceptable””. Why did the Government at that time find it to be ““simply unacceptable””?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 472 c936
Session: 2007-08
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Accountability EU law European Union EU action EU institutions EU reform EU internal relations Treaties Treaty of Lisbon
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Treaty of Lisbon (No. 7)

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