European Council

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:48 pm on 22 February 2016.

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Photo of Gisela Stuart Gisela Stuart Labour, Birmingham, Edgbaston 3:48, 22 February 2016

I accept the symbolism of removing the phrase “ever closer union”, but if we are to believe that it will have legal consequences, the Prime Minister owes it to the House to give at least one or two examples of where that was the sole legal basis for a decision.