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  Lisbon Treaty (amendment to proposed Commons timetable for debate)
  
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  <p>The House of Commons <em>voted against</em> <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2008-01-28a.58.4">an opposition amendment</a> to <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2008-01-28a.30.1">the Government's 'programme motion'</a>.</p>
  
  <p>The programme motion restricted the Commons to a set timetable for debating the <a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2007-08/europeanunionamendment.html">European Union (Amendment) Bill</a>, which implements the Lisbon Treaty. The amendment would have increased the number of days allotted for the debate, and increased the proportion of each day spent debating amendments to the bill.</p>
  
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