Treaty of Lisbon (No. 7)

Part of BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 6) – in the House of Commons at 4:46 pm on 26 February 2008.

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Photo of Jim Murphy Jim Murphy Minister of State (Europe) 4:46, 26 February 2008

My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the sharing of that sovereignty. The fact is that Parliament remains sovereign. Parliament is free to repeal the European Communities Act 1972, but we would have to leave the European Union as a consequence. That is not an agenda that we on the Government Benches are in any way interested in.