EU: Recent Developments — Motion to Take Note

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:42 am on 16 February 2012.

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Photo of Lord Richard Lord Richard Labour 11:42, 16 February 2012

My Lords, the noble Lord did say in the course of his speech that he would say something about the safeguards. I wonder whether he would concede this point. If we do not know what the safeguards were, how on earth can we judge whether the Prime Minister was justified in casting his veto when he did not get the safeguards? It is nonsensical for the Government now to ask us to judge this on the basis of what the Prime Minister did not get when we do not even know what he asked for. Can the noble Lord lift the curtain just a little on what safeguards the Prime Minister actually demanded?