Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 6:00 pm on 21 January 2008.
Hugh Bayley
NATO Parliamentary Assembly UK Delegation
6:00,
21 January 2008
Because of the nature of interventions, I cannot pick out more than one of the right hon. Gentleman's examples—but why is he so opposed to the single legal identity? It is not a badge of statehood—even the Universal Postal Union has a single legal identity, and the EU already has such an identity—so what is the nature of his complaint?
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
