Justice and Home Affairs Opt-out

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that on 27 June 2007—the very day on which he handed the reins of power to his successor—the former Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, stated that it was absolutely clear that we had an opt-out from the charter of fundamental rights, and also from justice and home affairs. What he did not mention was the fact that the overall system contained a power to rejoin.