Proceeding contribution from David Lidington (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 July 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill on European Union Bill.

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My hon. Friend makes a good point. The Opposition need to own up to where they are coming from. If the hon. Member for Caerphilly wants to intervene and say that his Front-Bench colleagues in the House of Lords had gone rogue and he was unable to control them, that he was sorry and he did not really mean it, a plea for forgiveness might be entertained. But if he really supports the proposal to remove decisions on the MFF from the referendum lock, he should say so clearly to the House, because the Labour party did not say that when the Bill was debated in the House of Commons.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 531 c72
Session: 2010-12
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: EU countries EU law European Union Legislative competence European communities Gibraltar Economic and monetary union Free movement of people Referendums Parliament Migration Sovereignty Treaties Reform Treaty on European Union UK membership of EU Supreme Court Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union EU defence policy Treaty of Lisbon European financial stabilisation mechanism Sunset clauses
Legislation: European Union Bill 2010-12
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

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