Last week Peter Lilley stood up and spoke in the House of Commons. Hansard for Tuesday 3 June at 3.35pm, will give you the details, if you want them.
Mr Lilley said that 80 per cent of our laws are now made in Brussels, and Parliament has no power to reject or amend them.Post Offices closing - it's thanks to an EU directive.
Data Protection Act - it's thanks to an EU directive.
Home Improvement Packs - it's thanks to an EU directive.
Expensive directory enquiries - it's thanks to an EU directive.
Fortnightly rubbish collections - it's thanks to an EU directive.
Mr Lilley suggested that MPs’ pay should be cut each time they hand over authority to others. "Few voters, or even members of this house, fully realise how many powers have been, or are about to be, transferred elsewhere," he said. "There are three reasons for this. The first is that governments of all persuasions deny that any significant powers are being transferred.
"The second is that, once powers have been transferred, Ministers engage in a charade of pretence that they still retain those powers. Even when introducing measures that they are obliged to bring in as a result of an EU directive they behave as though the initiative were their own.
"Indeed, Ministers often end up nobly accepting responsibility for laws that they actually opposed when they were being negotiated in Brussels."
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