The European Parliament (Representation) Bill. Bill 7 of 2002/03

The European Parliament (Representation) Bill was published on 21 November 2002. This paper considers the background to two legal obligations arising from the UK's membership of the European Union and of the Council of Europe. One relates to the number of European Parliament seats, which will be gradually reduced as a result of EU enlargement and the other relates to a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in 1999 that the people of Gibraltar should be given the right to stand for and vote in European Parliament elections.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmbills/007/2003007.htm http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmbills/007/2003007.htm

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmbills/007/en/03007x--.htm http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmbills/007/en/03007x--.htm

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmbills/007/amend/cmam007.htm http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmbills/007/amend/cmam007.htm

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