A Citizens' Agenda

Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 2:50 pm on 26 October 2006.

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Photo of Graham Brady Graham Brady Shadow Minister (Europe) 2:50, 26 October 2006

The crucial thing for my hon. Friend to understand, as I am sure he does—he has such a clear understanding of these matters—is that treaty changes need unanimity. Therefore, when the British people were to have the opportunity to vote against the constitution, which I am sure that they would have done convincingly, there would have been no possibility of the change proceeding.

So this vagueness and lack of direction from the Government run like a thread through all the documents before us.