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European Union Bill

Proceeding contribution from Baroness Falkner of Margravine (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 5 April 2011. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on European Union Bill.

Does the noble Lord accept that, although competences are defined, powers are not? Paragraph 21 on page 5 of the Explanatory Notes says: "““As the majority of treaties and Article 48(6) decisions will require the exercise of judgement as to whether a transfer of power or competence is involved””." To me, the confusion between Clauses 1 and 3 arises because of the lack of a definition of ““power””, and I wonder whether the noble Lord can comment on that.