VoteClimate: European Union Bill - 11th July 2011

European Union Bill - 11th July 2011

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate European Union Bill.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2011-07-11/debates/11071139000001/EuropeanUnionBill

19:15 Mark Reckless (Dawn Primarolo)

But hold on, let us not talk about Members of the House of Lords. It was difficult to understand from the comments of the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Mr David) whether Labour supported the British people having a referendum on an EU tax. We know that the peers do not, because they voted on that matter, but we do not know whether Labour Members would troop through the Lobby in favour of that proposal if we were to get into a game of constitutional ping-pong with the Lords this evening. What about foreign policy? That referendum has been taken away from the British people. Will Labour Members support us in the Lobby on that question? What about the questions on the abolition of vetoes, the European public prosecutor’s office, the transfer of power in employment law, operational defence policy or the introduction of a carbon tax?

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