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Proceeding contribution from Denis MacShane (Independent (affiliation)) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 January 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union Bill.

European Union Bill

My treat, which I can never find the resources or time to put into effect, is to send the comments that hon. Members on both sides of the House make to our fellow European politicians. I should like President Sarkozy, Chancellor Merkel, Prime Minister Tusk or the representatives of any one of the nine Nordic and Baltic states that were hosted by the Prime Minister at Downing street last week, to read that someone stood up in the Chamber of the House of Commons and said that we are about to abolish national elections. They would realise what a wonderful world the House of Commons can become. To paraphrase Karl Marx on history in the famous opening lines of ““The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte””, the House of Commons, when it debates the EU, starts as muddle and descends quickly into farce. We are already firmly into those two categories today. Clause 6 refers—

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
522 c176 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Crime Administration of justice Common fisheries policy Crown dependencies British overseas territories Fisheries EU law Electoral Commission European communities Gibraltar Economic situation EU action Economic and monetary union Northern Ireland Prosecutions Referendums Loans Peers Scotland Sovereignty Republic of Ireland Treaties Security Reform Wales UK membership of EU European financial stabilisation mechanism
Legislation
European Union Bill 2010-12
Link
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