Proceeding contribution from Lord Hague of Richmond (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 4 March 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Amendment) Bill.
European Union (Amendment) Bill
Thank you. If we are ever to sort that out, the British Government will be required to use their negotiating power—and negotiating power in the financial affairs of the European Union stems from the unanimity rule in agreeing the multi-annual financial framework. Yet now it turns out that that rule could be done away with for ever and a day by the Government coming to the House, holding one of those short debates late on a Tuesday and having a deferred Division on a Wednesday. That would be the only scrutiny of the decision that the House would ever have.
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- 2007-08
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- Criminal proceedings Administration of justice Closures Housing Health EU countries Finance Education European Union EU institutions Prime ministers Prosecutions Referendums Parliamentary scrutiny Ministers Parliament Post offices Treaties UK membership of EU Council of Ministers European Council Qualified majority voting Treaty of Lisbon
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- European Union (Amendment) Bill 2007-08
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