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Proceeding contribution from Lord Lamont of Lerwick (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 11 June 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill on European Union (Amendment) Bill.


European Union (Amendment) Bill

My Lords, the noble Lord says that a new element is the freedom of the Government to have their own foreign policy, but if he looked at the Labour Party’s manifesto containing the pledge that there would be a referendum, it said that the constitutional treaty already preserved freedom for this country on foreign policy—that is, the red line on foreign policy was achieved at the time that the Labour Government promised a referendum.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
702 c582 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Constitutions EU law European Union EU institutions Referendums Sovereignty UK membership of EU European Court of Justice Treaty of Lisbon
Legislation
European Union (Amendment) Bill 2007-08
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk