European Union (Amendment) Bill — [12th Allotted Day]

Part of Orders of the Day — Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:56 pm on 11 March 2008.

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Photo of John Hayes John Hayes Shadow Minister (14-19 Reform and Apprenticeships) 4:56, 11 March 2008

I am reluctant to interrupt this fascinating journey through the right hon. Lady's CV. Nevertheless, if she wants a straightforward debate on these matters, it would benefit the House if she would be straightforward about whether she sees the European Union as an intergovernmental organisation or supports the supranational elements in this treaty, which for many of us fly in the face of the intergovernmental approach that she says she admires, for example in the Commonwealth.