Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993

Lindsay Hoyle Excerpts

Tuesday 24th April 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con)]

I simply wish to say that I thought that my hon. Friend the Member for Bury North (Mr Nuttall) really put his finger on it. He told us exactly what the position is with regard to which paper we were considering and he identified the questions that needed to be asked, as did my hon. Friend the Member for St Albans (Mrs Main). This is about whether that treaty that we entered into all those years ago, after all that contention, has or has not done its work. It has failed, and it has failed not only this country but Europe as a whole. That is why we need to vote against the motion; this motion makes an assumption that this treaty is still alive. It is as dead as a parrot.

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

That must be the shortest speech that Mr Cash has made.

Question put.