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lpv:speaker	lp:Richard Corbett2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I have a point of order relating to the Nassauer report. Normally this Parliament is consulted on a Commission proposal. By derogation from that, under Rule 61, we can deal with a proposal from a Member State government as well. In this particular case, though, Parliament is to deliver an opinion on a position that has been adopted within the Council. It originated with a Member State but we are not giving an opinion on the actual proposal which was put to the Council. I am not seeking to hold up the Nassauer report but I would ask for the matter to be referred, in future cases, to the Committee on Constitutional Affairs because this is a very important precedent. If, in future, we are going to deal with the changing target of the latest document within the Council instead of the proposal that initiates the legislative procedure, which we then normally seek to amend and where the author can take account of our amendments, we may be going down a slippery slope. This could be unfortunate for the future and I would ask you to invite the Constitutional Affairs Committee to look at that. I would hope that, unlike five minutes ago, this genuine point of order to make sure our Rules are properly applied will not be misinterpreted as a political manoeuvre to keep something on or off the agenda. I am not seeking to remove the Nassauer report from the agenda. Nor was I, just now, seeking to prevent us discussing foot-and-mouth. My concern was to make sure that we respect our Rules of Procedure because they are the foundation of the powers and privileges of this House."@en1
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