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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-07-01more like thismore than 2015-07-01
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office remove filter
hansard heading EU Reform more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether it is legally possible for each other EU member state to commit to a future change to the Lisbon Treaty before formal processes to agree those changes have been gone through in each of those countries. more like this
tabling member constituency Birmingham, Edgbaston more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Gisela Stuart more like this
uin 5191 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-07-06more like thismore than 2015-07-06
answer text <p>The process for amending the EU Treaties is set out in Article 48 of the Treaty on European Union. The representatives of the Member State governments agree the amendments which then need to be ratified by all the Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements. The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has been clear that the EU reforms that we seek must be legally binding and irreversible and that there must be an agreement to change the treaties before the referendum in the UK.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Aylesbury more like this
answering member printed Mr David Lidington more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-07-06T15:59:51.583Zmore like thismore than 2015-07-06T15:59:51.583Z
answering member
15
label Biography information for Sir David Lidington more like this
tabling member
296
label Biography information for Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston more like this