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  BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 6) - Treaty of Lisbon (No. 7)
  
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  <p>The Aye-voters failed to carry an <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/glossary/?gl=114">amendment</a> that showed the House's disapproval of</p>
  
  <blockquote>"the Government's policy towards the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_lisbon">Treaty of Lisbon</a> in respect of the provisions on the effectiveness of European Union institutions and decision-making."</blockquote>
  
  <p>The amendment argued that the Lisbon Treaty expanded "the power of EU institutions at Member States' expense by replacing the rotating presidency of the European Council with a permanent President, giving the EU a single legal personality, abolishing national vetoes in more than fifty areas and entrenching marine biological resources as an exclusive EU competence."</p>
  
  <p>The amendment can be seen as an attempt to limit devolution of power to the European Union.</p> 
  
  <p pid="b.977.4/2"><i> The House divided:</i> Ayes 170, Noes 299.</p>
  
  
  
  
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