Proceeding contribution from Lord Pearson of Rannoch (UK Independence Party) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 6 May 2008. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on European Union (Amendment) Bill.
European Union (Amendment) Bill
I think my noble friend had something to do with the drafting of the Maastricht treaty. Does he remember whether the words in that treaty were, "““which might in time lead to a common defence””?" We have here: "““This will lead to a common defence, when the European Council, acting unanimously, so decides””." Would my noble friend agree that that is a very important example of the way this project proceeds step by step, piece by piece, as a ““salami slicer””, in the words of my noble friend Lord Tebbit?
Secondary information
- Type
- Proceeding contribution
- Reference
- 701 c537
- Session
- 2007-08
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Data protection European Union EU common foreign and security policy EU budget NATO EU defence policy Qualified majority voting
- Legislation
- European Union (Amendment) Bill 2007-08
- Link
- View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2023-12-16 00:11:19 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_469450
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_469450
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_469450