PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
EUROPEAN COMPETENCES (19 October 2010)

Motion Details

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.

Sponsored by:
Sir William Cash (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
29
91%
 
 
Independent
2
6%
 
 
Labour
1
3%
 
Sponsor List (32 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Mr John Baron
Con
Mr Brian Binley
Ind
Mr Peter Bone
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
Ind
Mr Douglas Carswell
Con
Sir William Cash (Sponsor)
Con
Sir Christopher Chope
Christchurch
Con
Mr James Clappison
Con
Dame Tracey Crouch
Con
Sir Philip Davies
Con
David Davis
Goole and Pocklington
Con
Richard Drax
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Con
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
Con
James Gray
Con
Robert Halfon
Con
Gordon Henderson
Con
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Harwich and North Essex
Con
Sir Greg Knight
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Lord Lilley
Con
Mrs Anne Main
Con
Mr David Nuttall
Con
Priti Patel
Witham
Con
Sir John Redwood
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Con
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Con
Sir Richard Shepherd
Con
Bob Stewart
Con
Martin Vickers
Brigg and Immingham
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon

Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.