Brown confirms Parliament to be bypassed over "Opt Ins"

In the closing moments of the evidence to the Commons Liason Committee, at 1115 GMT, Gordon Brown, Britain's Prime Minister has confirmed that with the three month limit for "Opt Ins" under the Lisbon Treaty the Westminster Parliament will not be consulted and such decisions will be made by the Government of the day. This admission must surely now prevent his signing this Treaty in Lisbon today, for it is a clear contravention of all the parliamentary procedures of the British nation.