EUROPEAN COMPETENCES

Early day motion 871, tabled 20 October 2010 by Bill Cash (Conservative). Signed by 31 members.

That this House notes that there are increasing demands from France and Germany for a new European Union Treaty; further notes that theEuropean Parliament itself has now proposed a 5.9 per cent. increase in the European budget; further notes that this House on Wednesday 13 October 2010 rejected the increase; furthernotes that the EU Budget Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski is proposing a European tax; recalls that the Coalition Agreement is committed to a referendum on `any proposed future treaty that transferred areas of power, or competences'; calls on the Government to make it immediately clear to France and Germany, to the European Commission and to the European Parliament that the United Kingdom will reject a European tax and an increase in the EU budget and EU economic governance over the UK and will veto any such treaty; and reasserts and reaffirms the United Kingdom rebate and the sovereignty, in practice, of the United Kingdom Parliament, about which the European Scrutiny Committee is holding an inquiry.

Signatures by party: Conservative 30, Labour 1.