MEETINGS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN STRASBOURG

Early day motion 1684, tabled 13 June 2007 by Chris Bryant (Labour). Signed by 57 members.

That this House notes that the European Parliament, which is normally based in Brussels, holds 12 sessions per year in Strasbourg; believes that these monthly removals to Strasbourg are increasingly inconvenient, costly, wasteful, unnecessary and indefensible; thanks the people of Strasbourg for their hospitality over the years; but calls on the Member States to agree that all future sessions of the European Parliament be held in Brussels and that the quarterly meetings of the European Council, which has no alternative base in Brussels, be held in Strasbourg.

Signatures by party: Labour 39, Liberal Democrat 15, Conservative 3.