It’s fair to say that David Cameron’s answer to John Baron at last week’s Prime Minister’s Questions, in which the Tory leader basically confirmed to his backbench colleague that he was ignoring him, hasn’t exactly helped relations with the eurosceptics in the Tory party. The row was splashed across the front page of the Sunday Telegraph this weekend, and I now understand that Baron has secured a Commons debate that will take up the issue he has been trying to raise with the Prime Minister.
Baron’s debate will be in a backbench business session on 4 February, and has a rather spiky motion for discussion:
‘That this House believes in the importance of Parliamentary sovereignty; and that the Government’s EU renegotiations must encompass Parliament’s ability to stop any unwanted legislation, taxes or regulation.’
A good number of MPs from across the House have already said they want to speak, and even though it is a backbench debate with a non-binding vote at the end, it will be an opportunity for those who are concerned that the Prime Minister’s EU renegotiation doesn’t amount to more than a hill of beans to express their displeasure.
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