European Affairs

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:08 pm on 16 June 2009.

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Photo of John Redwood John Redwood Conservative, Wokingham 5:08, 16 June 2009

I am grateful to the shadow Foreign Secretary for giving way. Will he use this opportunity to send a message to countries that have not yet ratified the Lisbon treaty? The message is that a future Conservative Government would hold an immediate referendum, and that the British people would be very likely to veto the treaty for them—so countries should hang on and not ratify, to give us the chance to do what they want us to do.