What I am saying is that it depends on how ““significance”” is defined. I propose that, rather than our accepting a formula stating what is and what is not significant—which, as the Government themselves recognise, would fall at the first hurdle—responsibility for deciding what is important should be in the hands of parliamentarians. That would mean a transfer of decision-making power from the Executive to Parliament, of which we are in favour.
European Union Bill
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Wayne David
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 24 January 2011.
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