2014 JHA Opt-out Decision

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:24 pm on 15 July 2013.

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Photo of David Lidington David Lidington The Minister for Europe 7:24, 15 July 2013

My hon. Friend was right to read out those paragraphs of section 4(1) of the 2011 Act, but as its title makes clear, that section refers to “Cases where treaty or Article 48(6) decision attracts a referendum”. The decision we are debating this evening, which stems from specific provisions to the Lisbon treaty, is neither a treaty change nor an article 48(6) decision, and it therefore falls outwith the scope of section 4 of the 2011 Act.