Orders of the Day — European Communities (Amendment) Bill — [4th Allotted Day]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:36 pm on 17 October 2001.

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Photo of Mark Hendrick Mark Hendrick Labour/Co-operative, Preston 4:36, 17 October 2001

I thank my right hon. Friend for giving way when he was about to finish speaking. He made the point that the European Parliament was gaining powers of co-decision or, in his terms, veto, and was making decisions. He says that Governments of other nations are making European laws. Does he accept that the European Parliament is directly elected by the peoples of Europe, and that if they have a part in that decision making it is not purely and simply other Governments who are passing those laws?