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@ Gisela Stuart
Labour MP for Birmingham, Edgbaston
Having read the Reform Treaty, what would you say are the key ways that the everyday lives of British citizens will be affected by it if it comes to pass?
Answered by Gisela Stuart
The Lisbon Treaty is a document that enables the EU - in the shape of the European Parliament and the Commission - to be part of the domestic decision-making in every aspect of our lives apart from Defence and Foreign Policy and Taxation. Even in those areas it does have powers, but these are subject to a veto.
How will it affect our lives? Simply put, we can no longer change governments when we vote at general elections, because our law making is part of a much wider system which is not accountable to the usual principles of democracy.
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