Europe: Renegotiation

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills – in the House of Commons at 12:44 pm on 10 November 2015.

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Photo of Mike Gapes Mike Gapes Labour/Co-operative, Ilford South 12:44, 10 November 2015

The Minister said that the agreement must be legally binding and irreversible. Will he clarify what he means by “irreversible”? Does it mean what happened in the case of the John Major opt-out on the social chapter, which was then reversed by the Tony Blair Government? Does it mean that no future democratically elected Government would be able to reverse a decision taken at this time by this Government?