NO Treaty text for Parliament before signature

Again this blog has been proved correct in predicting the worse in so far as the EU Reform Treaty is concerned. On November 20 the following exchange took place in the House of Lords as confirmed by Hansard, linked here: Lord Roberts of Conwy asked Her Majesty’s Government:

When a printed version of the European Union reform treaty, signed in Lisbon, will be available to Parliament. [HL81]

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: All intergovernmental conference papers, including draft versions of the EU reform treaty, have been placed in the Library of the 20 Nov 2007 : Column WA61 House. The latest text, which has been prepared for discussion in the Jurists-Linguists technical translation group from 12 to 16 November, was circulated to Parliament on 31 October. We will continue to forward any further draft texts to Parliament as soon as we receive them.

We expect to lay the final EU reform treaty before Parliament shortly after formal signature by Heads of State and Government at the 13 December meeting.