Meaning of "the Treaties" and "the Community Treaties"

Part of Orders of the Day — European Communities (Amendment) Bill – in the House of Commons at 6:30 pm on 2 December 1997.

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Photo of Doug Henderson Doug Henderson Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office 6:30, 2 December 1997

The hon. Gentleman is in a fantasy world. Of course employment is influenced by cyclical and structural factors, but the hon. Gentleman is surely not telling me that the reason why all the shipyards went bust in the north of England was cyclical issues or burdens on business. It happened because of fundamental structural imbalances in the economy. We have to improve employability to take on the challenges in Europe and the rest of the world. It is important to make progress in the Amsterdam treaty so that we can take up the other issues at Luxembourg and beyond.