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Proceeding contribution from Bernard Jenkin (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 3 March 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Amendment) Bill.


European Union (Amendment) Bill

The hon. Gentleman is guilty of a partial reading of the treaty. The permanent structured co-operation in article 1 of the protocol to which he refers is governed by another article under title V. I shall not repeat it, but permanent structured co-operation is created by a qualified majority vote of the Council. Moreover, such a vote can remove a member that no longer satisfies the criteria that the protocol lays down. The protocol’s obligations, which I read out earlier, are onerous.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
472 c1542 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
EU countries European Union European Parliament Powers Treaties Terminology Treaty of Lisbon
Legislation
European Union (Amendment) Bill 2007-08
Link
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