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European Union (Amendment) Bill

Would the noble Lord consider the possibility that the quotation that he advanced from Mr Peter Hain is Mr Hain’s view against the proposal made in the convention for the European Parliament to choose between nominees of its choosing and for the European Council subsequently to be asked to ratify the choice of the European Parliament? In other words, Mr Hain argued for the reverse of the procedure which the convention in the end recommended and which is in the Lisbon treaty.