Part of Leader of the House – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 8 May 2008.
Helen Goodman
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
10:30,
8 May 2008
The hon. Gentleman has not taken account of the fact that European treaties will not be covered by the draft Constitutional Renewal Bill, because they have a higher barrier to pass. European treaties must be incorporated into a piece of legislation and go through all the normal legislative processes of the House, and that is precisely what the Government did with the Lisbon treaty.