Ministerial statement on Monday, 22 October 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Gordon Brown.

Intergovernmental Conference (Lisbon)

Statement on the informal European Council meeting in Lisbon. (Inc ref to text of amended treaty and document "Global Europe" - in Library.)

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 465 c19-38
Session: 2006-07
Department: Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP 07/2167
Monday, 22 October 2007
Deposited papers
House of Commons; Intergovernmental Conference
Monday, 3 December 2007
Written questions
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Speaker | 465 c34 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) has asked a question and now he will not hear the answer...; Chris Bryant | 465 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister referred to the enforced liberalisation of the energy market in Europe. That is v...; Gordon Brown | 465 c34 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Both in intellectual property and in energy, we benefit from the...; William Cash | 465 c34 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister accept that by refusing to hold a referendum he is putting not only himself ...; Gordon Brown | 465 c34 (Link to this contribution) We have had many debates over the years, and I think that the hon. Gentleman will concede this: that...; David Winnick | 465 c33 (Link to this contribution) As someone who, on many occasions, has not been over-enthusiastic about various aspects of the Europ...; Gordon Brown | 465 c33 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. The problem is that some Conservative Members do not just want to stop ...; Malcolm Rifkind | 465 c33 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has conspicuously avoided responding to the request from the Leader of the Opposi...; Gordon Brown | 465 c33 (Link to this contribution) I can clarify to the right hon. and learned Gentleman that the protocol is legally binding in the UK...; Gordon Brown | 465 c33 (Link to this contribution) The charter records but does not create new rights and the protocol has the full force of law. That ...; Gordon Brown | 465 c36 (Link to this contribution) I have to tell the hon. Gentleman that the treaty does not change the competence on fisheries.; Baroness Hoey | 465 c36 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister referred to the Maastricht treaty a number of times. Is not the difference betwee...; Gordon Brown | 465 c35 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is a member of the Scrutiny Committee and I welcome the chance for us to debate in de...; Angus Robertson | 465 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister knows that the common fisheries policy has been a disaster in Scotland. It has al...; Gordon Brown | 465 c35 (Link to this contribution) I believe that trust is built in this country by defending and advancing the British national intere...; David S Borrow | 465 c35 (Link to this contribution) When members of the European Scrutiny Committee, including myself, looked at these issues, we raised...; Gordon Brown | 465 c35 (Link to this contribution) The regional work of the European Union, including that of the European Economic and Social Committe...; Nicholas Winterton | 465 c35 (Link to this contribution) May I put a direct question to the Prime Minister? Does he fervently believe in honesty, trust and h...; Louise Ellman | 465 c35 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister indicate what positive measures the treaty could deliver in addressing regio...; Mark Hendrick | 465 c37 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend believe, like me, that the siren voices calling for a referendum are abdic...; Gordon Brown | 465 c37 (Link to this contribution) There will be ample opportunity for the amending treaty to be debated in full in the Chamber of the ...; David Curry | 465 c37 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister accept that the enlargement of the European Union was the biggest peaceful r...; Gordon Brown | 465 c36 (Link to this contribution) I say to my hon. Friend, for whom I have considerable respect, that if this were the old constitutio...; Nigel Waterson | 465 c36 (Link to this contribution) If the Prime Minister rejects the judgment of some leading European statesmen that this treaty repre...; Gordon Brown | 465 c36 (Link to this contribution) I have just quoted Giscard d'Estaing, who said that:"““As to the balance sheet of the changes, it ma...; Adrian Bailey | 465 c36 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that one of the most compelling global issues that we face is climat...; Gordon Brown | 465 c36-7 (Link to this contribution) I hope that my hon. Friend will have the chance to read ““Global Europe””, the document that has jus...; Lord Cormack | 465 c37 (Link to this contribution) As the Prime Minister has repeatedly said that the House will have full opportunity to debate the tr...; Gordon Brown | 465 c37 (Link to this contribution) There will be a full chance to discuss all the issues in Parliament.; Gordon Brown | 465 c38 (Link to this contribution) When the debate is held in the House of Commons on the amending treaty, people will come to the view...; Speaker | 465 c38 (Link to this contribution) Order.; Gordon Brown | 465 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for what the right hon. Gentleman has said. Every part of the House supported the enla...; Andrew Mackinlay | 465 c38 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister understand that many pro-Europeans who do not believe that a referendum is a...; Speaker | 465 c21 (Link to this contribution) Order. Mr. Penning, I must ask you to behave—[Interruption.] Order. Let me deal with it. It is not t...; Speaker | 465 c19 (Link to this contribution) Order. The Prime Minister is making a statement, and it is not helpful for hon. Members to intervene...; Gordon Brown | 465 c25-6 (Link to this contribution) I will answer every point in detail, but I notice that the right hon. Gentleman mentions nothing abo...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 465 c22-4 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister says that he wants Europe to focus on competitiveness and climate change and is o...; Mike Gapes | 465 c28 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the agreement by 27 sovereign countries. The Prime Minister referred to the appointment of...; Gordon Brown | 465 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) I welcome what the hon. Gentleman said about the long-term agenda for the European Union, and I hope...; Baroness Browning | 465 c28 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister explain how the home affairs and justice opt-ins that he negotiated will wor...; Gordon Brown | 465 c28 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who is the distinguished Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee....; Speaker | 465 c26 (Link to this contribution) Order. Once again, we cannot have shouting.; Vincent Cable | 465 c26-7 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement. We believe that the treaty is necessary. It is in the British national inte...; Speaker | 465 c26 (Link to this contribution) Order. I call Vincent Cable.; Gordon Brown | 465 c29 (Link to this contribution) The constitutional concept, as was stated in the declaration, has been abandoned. If anybody has any...; Gerald Kaufman | 465 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the year before last, he and I were both elected on a manifes...; Gordon Brown | 465 c28 (Link to this contribution) There are three separate ways in which the justice and home affairs opt-ins work. First, we have the...; Gordon Brown | 465 c30 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who will very much be part of the debate on the Floor of the House ...; Stuart Bell | 465 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) May I remind the Prime Minister, in response to the question from the right hon. Member for Chingfor...; Gordon Brown | 465 c29 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept what the right hon. Gentleman says. The protocols that we have negotiated are part o...; Iain Duncan Smith | 465 c29 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister recognise that the history of the European Union is hugely shaped by the Cou...; Michael Connarty | 465 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) First, I commend the Prime Minister on correctly quoting the European Scrutiny Committee report when...; Gordon Brown | 465 c30 (Link to this contribution) If we were voting on a decision to join the euro, there would be a referendum; and if we were discus...; David Heathcoat-Amory | 465 c30 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister recall the statement that he made in this House in July on constitutional re...; Charles Kennedy | 465 c31 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister recognise that there is always an ongoing responsibility on this or any othe...; Gordon Brown | 465 c31 (Link to this contribution) I assure the Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee that there will be a full opportunity to de...; Lord Field of Birkenhead | 465 c32 (Link to this contribution) If the Scottish First Minister grants Scottish voters a say on the treaty, will the Prime Minister p...; Gordon Brown | 465 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) I note that the right hon. Gentleman has become the president of the European Movement. It is, of co...; Peter Bottomley | 465 c32 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has not answered the question whether there will be a free vote for his side on a...; Gordon Brown | 465 c32 (Link to this contribution) The decision for a referendum on European Union matters is a decision for this Parliament.; Dawn Butler | 465 c32 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree with the trade unions and me that we must not under any circumstances ...; Gordon Brown | 465 c32 (Link to this contribution) I have already made it absolutely clear that if we secure all the detailed amendments that we have s...; Lord Maples | 465 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) There is considerable concern that protocol 7 is not sufficient to prevent the European Court of Jus...; Gordon Brown | 465 c32 (Link to this contribution) There is not a constituency in this country that does not depend on trade with the European Union. T...; Gordon Brown | 465 c19-22 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I want to make a statement about the outcome of the informal European C...
Subjects: Constitutions Diplomatic service Judiciary EU enlargement European Union EU common foreign and security policy EU action EU institutions EU reform EU justice and home affairs Powers Voting methods Sovereignty Treaties Subsidiarity European Council Qualified majority voting Charter of Fundamental Rights (EU) EU presidency Intergovernmental Conference 2007
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