EUROPEAN UNION (AMENDMENT) BILL

Early day motion 679, tabled 14 January 2008 by Bob Spink (Conservative). Signed by 8 members.

That this House notes that the second reading of the European Union (Amendment) Bill is set down for 21st January 2008; asks the Government to make available forthwith an analysis of the full text of the relevant Treaty, including its protocols, declarations and similar material; urges the Government to publish immediately an explanatory memorandum setting out any provisions of the Treaty which are additional to existing provisions of European Community or Union Treaties currently in force, or which place further obligations on the Crown, courts and Parliament of the United Kingdom; further asks the Government to set out whether the currently stated objective of the European Union, of ever closer union will be reflected in either the Bill or the Treaty in any way whatsoever; and further urges the Government to set out whether there will be any change, as a result of the Treaty, to the provisions of the European Communities Act 1972 Clause 2 (1) relating to the powers of Crown or Parliament.

Signatures by party: Conservative 6, DUP 1, Labour 1.