CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE OF MEPs

Early day motion 156, tabled 19 May 2005 by Derek Wyatt (Labour). Signed by 17 members.

That this House believes that, as the European Union prepares to vote on the EU Constitution, MEPs in member countries should, instead of repairing to Strasbourg once a month, return to their own national parliaments to report back on their work; and further believes that this would give an opportunity for there to be a constructive debate between honourable Members and MEPs and would root the latter in their national parliaments as well as the European Parliament.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Liberal Democrat 4, Conservative 2, UUP 1.