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European Union (Amendment) Bill

One of the reasons why this has caused concern is that the Dutch Government—on exactly the same wording as is currently in the treaty, it has not changed—have told their parliament that they believe it would be possible to double-hat the president of the Council and the president of the Commission. I will be very happy to give the noble Baroness the reference to that. The Dutch are international lawyers of some distinction. I welcome the British Government’s position and I think that their judgment is correct. I am worried about the reference to the ECJ and a creative interpretation of the power.