My hon. Friend is touching on one of the fundamental differences between how the European Union sees rights, and how this sovereign Parliament sees them. Parliament does not think that citizens need to be given any human rights because they are free to do anything under the law, whereas the European Union thinks that it has those rights to hand out to citizens of its European superstate as part of some great, grandiose gesture. That is the difference.
European Union Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Nuttall
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 January 2011.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union Bill.
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