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Proceeding contribution from Patricia Hewitt (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 11 March 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill on European Union (Amendment) Bill.

European Union (Amendment) Bill

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I want to make a further point about the Conservative party. In those days, when I was forming my own, very strongly pro-European views, the Conservatives were the party of Britain in Europe, and proud to be so—led of course by Ted Heath, who negotiated Britain's entry into the Common Market—and the party that two decades later negotiated and agreed the Maastricht treaty and took that Bill through this House, with no referendum at all. We have heard many right hon. and hon. Members who have served in this House for far longer than I have say that these debates have often felt like a ““Groundhog Day””-style re-run of the Maastricht debates nearly 16 years ago.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
473 c177 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Criminal proceedings Accountability Administration of justice Asylum Children's rights Climate change Competition Constitutions Health services Firearms Human rights European Convention on Human Rights Immigration Environment protection EU law EU withdrawal Energy Drugs Human trafficking EU enlargement European Union European Parliament EU internal trade European Constitution Treaty EU common foreign and security policy EU institutions Labour and employment EU reform NHS Qualifications Police Organised crime Older people Referendums Parliament Paedophilia Terrorism Treaties Research Treaty on European Union UK membership of EU Smuggling European Court of Justice Council of Ministers Qualified majority voting Treaty of Lisbon EU presidency
Legislation
European Union (Amendment) Bill 2007-08
Link
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