European Union Bill, parliamentary sovereignty
MPs to hold second evidence session on European Union Bill
25 November 2010
This is the second evidence session of the Committee's inquiry into the European Union Bill. Further evidence sessions will be announced shortly.
- European Scrutiny Committee
- Watch the meeting: European Union Bill
- Bills before Parliament: European Union Bill
The European Union Bill, which was presented to Parliament on 11 November, sets out the circumstances under which further transfers of competence and/or power to the EU will be subject to a referendum or will require an Act of Parliament or a Resolution of both Houses.
The Bill also seeks to place on a statutory footing the common law principle of parliamentary sovereignty with respect to directly applicable or directly effective EU law.
Witnesses
Thursday 25 November, Room 15, Upper Committee Corridor, Palace of Westminster
At 10.30am
- Professor Trevor Allan, Professor of Public Law and Jurisprudence, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, and Professor Anthony Bradley, Research Fellow, Institute of European and Comparative Law, University of Oxford.
At approximately 11.20am
- Professor Adam Tomkins, Chair of Public Law, University of Glasgow