European Affairs

Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 3:51 pm on 18 June 2008.

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Photo of Jo Swinson Jo Swinson Liberal Democrat, East Dunbartonshire 3:51, 18 June 2008

The hon. Lady and I may have had different views about how good the Lisbon treaty was for Britain and for the rest of Europe, but does she agree that what we need this weekend is some kind of decision on whether the treaty is dead—if that is what the Irish Government say—or whether there is a clear plan for what they intend to do next? What Europe needs least of all is months and months of more uncertainty and institutional navel-gazing, which is not helping to achieve any of the objectives that we want to achieve within Europe.