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Libya/European Council

I can go into even more detail if my hon. Friend wants: article 122 was turned into qualified majority voting via the Nice treaty. My right hon. and learned Friend, Michael Howard, who is now in another place, said, as a Back Bencher, ““You are making a terrible mistake here: this could be used for future bail-outs,”” and the then Europe Minister, the right hon. Member for Neath (Mr Hain), said in reply:"““The use of QMV…does not undermine the no-bail-out rule set out in article 103.””—[Official Report, 4 July 2001; Vol. 371, c. 359.]" What is worrying is that the Nice treaty made the situation worse and the previous Government were warned about it but they did not pay any attention.