Treaty articles 263, 264 & 265 
National Suicide
To understand what an Assembly for Wales, or any other of the 12 silly little Regional Assemblies, will really mean requires reading the relevant Articles [263, 264 & 265] of:
The Consolidated Treaty Establishing
The European Community,
Title II, The Treaty Establishing The European Community, Part Five, Title I, Provisions Governing The Institutions, Chapter 4, The Committee Of The Regions:
ARTICLE 263 (ex Article 198 a)
A Committee consisting of representatives of regional and local bodies, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee of the Regions’, is hereby established with advisory status.
The number of members of the Committee of the Regions shall be as follows:
Belgium 12; Denmark 9; Germany 24; Greece 12; Spain 21; France 24; Ireland 9; Italy 24; Luxembourg 6; Netherlands 12; Austria 12; Portugal 12; Finland 9; Sweden 12; United Kingdom 24.
The members of the Committee and an equal number of alternate members shall be appointed for four years by the Council acting unanimously on proposals from the respective Member States. Their term of office shall be renewable. No member of the Committee shall at the same time be a Member of the European Parliament.
The members of the Committee may not be bound by any mandatory instructions. They shall be completely independent in the performance of their duties, in the general interest of the Community.
ARTICLE 264 (ex Article 198 b)
The Committee of the Regions shall elect its chairman and officers from among its members for a term of two years.
It shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.
The Committee shall be convened by its chairman at the request of the Council or of the Commission. It may also meet on its own initiative,
ARTICLE 265 (ex Article 198 c)
The Committee of the Regions shall be consulted by the Council or by the Commission where this Treaty so provides and in all other cases, in particular those which concern cross-border co-operation, in which one of these two institutions considers it appropriate.
The Council or the Commission shall, if it considers it necessary, set the Committee, for the submission of its opinion, a time-limit which may not be less than one month from the date on which the chairman receives notification to this effect. Upon expiry of the time-limit, absence of an opinion shall not prevent further action.
Where the Economic and Social Committee is consulted pursuant to Article 262, the Committee of the Regions shall be informed by the Council or the Commission of the request for an opinion. Where it considers that specific regional interests are involved, the Committee of the Regions may issue an opinion on the matter.
 
The Committee of the Regions may be consulted by the European Parliament.
It may issue an opinion on its own initiative in cases in which it considers such action appropriate.
The opinion of the Committee, together with a record of the proceedings, shall be forwarded to the Council and to the Commission.
In short that pretentious load of Eurospeak boils down to Wales will have no authority, no say, no representation & there will be 444 extra representatives to pay for in Europe. Plus, of course, all their staff and all their expenses - but no more democracy and no more control over the un elected dictator committee – the European Commissioners.
Let us look at what it means point by point:
1.	The United Kingdom will have 24 members with 24 alternates on a Committee with 222 members and 444 members and alternates in total. 
2.	The Member State [in our case the United Kingdom] shall propose members, thus Wales has no representation enshrined in European law. These proposals must be unanimously approved by the Council (of Europe). Thus every United Kingdom member could be proposed from one region. 
3.	If the Council approves the proposal, the Council can renew their term of office. 
4.	Nowhere herein does it say that members represent a region [viz. Wales], in fact it expressly states that they shall not have a mandate or be bound by instruction. 
5.	Members are not elected, they are proposed by Westminster and appointed by the Council & their loyalty must be to Europe ‘..performance of their duties, in the general interest of the Community’. 
6.	‘It shall adopt its own Rules of Procedure.’ = It shall become a law unto itself? 
7.	The entirety of Article 265 says nothing other than the Committee shall have freedom of speech. The implication being that citizens of the new State of Europe do not have freedom of speech. 
8.	There is no undertaking that the Committee has to be consulted, nor that anything it says has to be listened to. Therefore since it has no authority, no area of jurisdiction and no responsibility it has no reason to exist. Just another costly waffle shop! 
Let us assume that what was the United Kingdom decides to give two memberships on this new Committee and two alternates to each of the twelve economic regions, in the British economic subsidiary region of Europe. Wales would then have two votes, in isolation, out of 222 votes on the Committee of the Regions, less than 1% influence. To add insult to injury MEPs representing Wales are outnumbered 100 to 1 in the European Parliament, less than 1% influence again. This is what being master of ones own destiny and having an Assembly for Wales means for the people of Wales and every other, of the 12, economic regions in Britain.
There are some, I am sure, who honestly believe that an Assembly for Wales is a good idea for Wales. Some will welcome the removal of benevolent control, albeit sometimes misguided, from Westminster – surely they can not welcome direct rule by the un elected dictator committee that rules Europe, the European Commissioners. Some may feel that two more tiers of Government will help Wales, I can not for the life of me see how – the more tiers of Government the further from the electorate decision
Greg-Lance Watkins

And Who Are Your UNELECTED 
So called
Representatives?
As at 2001.08.27

UK MEMBERS OF THE EU COMMITTEE OF REGIONS.

Each Region has a main member, and an alternate member, in case the main member is busy destroying sovereignty somewhere else.  Thus, as the UK has twelve regions, there are twenty-four members listed.  The first twenty four members listed are main members in alphabetical order; the next twenty four are the alternate members, also in alphabetical order. These members do not have the decency to reside in Brussels, but dwell amongst their victims where they can do most harm.  

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Members

BAGNALL Ruth	CBE BARKER Muriel Mary
Councillor
Yorkshire, Humber Regional Assembly
44, Welholme Avenue
UK - DN32 OPN Grimsby
Tel.: 44/1472/324 185
Fax : 44/1472/324 185
PES	
BODEN Derek	BODFISH Cllr Kenneth
Member of Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority
Kings House, Room 143 a, Grand Avenue
UK - BN3 2LS Hove
Tel.: 44/1273/29 10 05
Fax : 44/1273/29 10 03
e-mail: ken.bodfish@brighton-hove.gov.uk
PES	
BORE Albert
Leader of Birmingham County Council
Victoria Square
UK - B1 1BB Birmingham
Tel.: 44/121/303 20 30
Fax : 44/121/303 32 42
e-mail: Mail@euroteam.bham.demon.co.uk
PES	BROWN Cllr Keith
Leader of Clackmannanshire Coucil

2, Innerdownie Place
UK - FK14 7BY Dollar
Tel.: 44/1259/743 005
Fax : 44/1259/743 768
e-mail: kbrown@clacks.gov.uk
EA	
COLEMAN Ruth
Member of North Wiltshire District Council
Chippenham
UK - SN15 1ER Wiltshire
Tel.: 44/1249/44 33 22
Fax : 44/1249/44 31 52
e-mail: rcoleman@northwilts.gov.uk
ELDR	Sir DAY Simon
Member of Devon County Council
Topsham
UK - EX2 4QD Exeter
Tel.: 44/1392/38 20 00
Fax : 44/1392/38 22 86
e-mail: sjday@ukonline.co.uk
EPP	
Sir EMPEY Reg
Minister for Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in the NI Assembly
Massey Avenue
UK - BT4 2 JP Belfast
Tel.: 44/28/9052 9209
Fax : 44/28/9052 9545
e-mail: reg.empey@virgin.net
EPP	GILL CBE George
Member of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Regents Street
UK - NE8 1HH Gateshead
Tel.: 44/191/477 10 11
Fax : 44/191/477 60 99
e-mail: g.gill@cableinet.co.uk
PES	
GRIFFITHS John
Member of the National Assembly for Wales
13, Edward VII Avenue
UK - NP20 4NG Newport
Tel.: 44/1633/769 683
Fax : 44/2920/898 308
PES	Cllr HALCRO-JOHNSTON Hugh
Convenor of Orkney Island Council
School Place
UK - KW15 INY Kirkwall, Orkney
Tel.: 44/1856/873 535
Fax : 44/1856/877 292
e-mail: hugh.halcro-johnston@orkney.gov.uk
ELDR	
Baroness HANHAM CBE Joan
Member of Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Horton Street
UK - 8 7MX London W8 7MX
Fax : 44/207/937 86 92, 44/207/361 31 05
e-mail: cgsbl@rbkc.gov.uk
EPP	Lord HANNINGFIELD OF CHELMSFORD Paul
Leader of Essex County Council
County Hall
UK - CM1 1YS Chelmsford
Tel.: 44/1245/49 22 11
Fax : 44/1245/49 10 28
e-mail: robert.colmer@lga.gov.uk
EPP	
HAUGHEY Denis
Member of Cookstown District Council
66, Fairhill Road
UK - BT80 8DE Cookstown, Co. Tyrone
Tel.: 44/1648/763 349
Fax : 44/1648/769 187
e-mail: dhaughey@iol.ie
PES	HENRY MSP Hugh
Member of Renfrewshire Council
Anchor House, Blackhall Lane
UK - PA1 1TA Paisley
Tel.: 44/141/848 73 61
Fax : 44/845/281 9040
e-mail: paisleysouthmsp@exite.co.uk
PES	
MAY Christine
Member of Fife Council
North Street
UK - KY7 5LT Glenrothes, Fife
Tel.: 44/1592/41 61 81
Fax : 44/1592/41 32 19
e-mail: christinemay@cableinet.co.uk
PES	Sir PETTITT Dennis
Member of Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall
UK - NG2 7QP West Bridgeford
Tel.: 44/115/982 38 23
Fax : 44/115/982 24 32
e-mail: east.midlands@infoboard.be
PES	
POWELL Sally
Member of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
28, Park Street
UK - SE1 9EQ London
Tel.: 44/171/447 62 17
Fax : 44/171/403 17 42
e-mail: alg-euro-london@geo2.poptel.org.uk
PES	SMITH Brian
Member of Torfaen Borough Council
2, Neyland Place
UK - NP44 4PX Fairwater, Cwmbran
Tel.: 44/1633/48 27 57
Fax : 44/1495/75 55 13
PES	
Lord TOPE CBE Graham
Member of Sutton London Borough Council
88, The Gallop
UK - SM2 5SA Sutton
Tel.: 44/208/770 72 69
Fax : 44/208/642 85 95
e-mail: Graham.Tope@London.gov.uk
ELDR	Dr. WALSH James
Member West Sussex County Council and Arun District Council
County Hall
UK - PO19 1RQ Chichester
Tel.: 44/1243/77 77 52
Fax : 44/1243/77 76 97
e-mail: 113137.452@compuserve.com
ELDR	
Sir WATSON, CBE Ron
Member of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Lord Street
UK - PR8 1DA Southport
Tel.: 44/151/934 20 61
Fax : 44/151/934 20 60
e-mail: conservatives@sefton.gov.uk
EPP	WHITEMAN Milner
Member of Bridgnorth District Council
Arlescott Farm
UK - TF12 5BG Broseley, Shropshire
Tel.: 44/1952/72 73 40
Fax : 44/1952/72 73 40
e-mail: milner.whiteman@virgin.net
EA	

Alternate members

BUNYAN Diane
Member of Bristol Unitary Authority
College Green
UK - BS1 5TR Bristol
Tel.: 44/117/922 20 00
Fax : 44/117/922 20 24
e-mail: diane-bunyan@bristol-city.gov.uk
PES	DAVIS Sue
Member of Wrekin Unitary Authority
Civic Offices
UK - TF3 4LD Telford
Tel.: 44/1952/20 21 00
Fax : 44/1952/29 10 60
e-mail: suedavis55@hotmail.com.uk
PES	
EATON Margaret
Conservative Leaders Office
 Bradford City Council
City Hall
UK - BD1 1HY Bradford
Tel.: 44/1274/75 20 86
Fax : 44/1274/73 51 50
e-mail: sally.tomlinson@bradford.gov.uk
EPP	EDGELL Mark
Leader of the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Moorgate Street, The Crofts
UK - 560 2TH Rotherham
Tel.: 44/1709/822 700
Fax : 44/1709/822 727
e-mail: leader@rotherham.gov.uk
PES	
FEE John
Member of Newry and Mourne District Council
6, Pinewood Glen
UK - BT35 9BF Crossmaglen
Tel.: 44/1693/86 88 24
Fax : 44/1693/86 88 24
e-mail: johnfee@dial.pipex.com
PES	HARRIS Toby
Member of the new Greater London Authority
43, Romney House, Marsham Street
UK - SW1P 3PY London
Tel.: 44/20/7983 4370
Fax : 44/20/7983 4437
e-mail: Toby.Harris@london.gov.uk
PES	
HENIG Ruth
Member of Lancashire County Council
County Hall
UK - PR1 8XJ Preston
Tel.: 44/1772/25 48 68
Fax : 44/1772/26 35 06
e-mail: r.henig@lancaster.ac.uk
PES	HUISH Jonathan
Frondeg, Heol Miskin
UK - CF72 9AJ Pontyclum
Tel.: 44/1443/224 944
Fax : 44/1443/424 006
e-mail: jonathan.huish@rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk
EA	
HUMPHREY Marcus
Member of Aberdeenshire Council
Dinnet, Aboyne
UK - AB34 5LL Aberdeenshire
Tel.: 44/13398/853 32
Fax : 44/13398/853 19
e-mail: marcus@dinnet.force9.co.uk
EPP	JONES Margaret Elin
Member of the National Assembly for Wales
Pencoed, Minybryn, Aberystwyth
UK - SA46 ODG Ceredigion
Tel.: 44/1545/571 688
Fax : 44/1545/571 567
e-mail: elin.jones@wales.gov.uk
EA	
KEMP Susie
Member of Newbury Unitary Authority
Upper Woolhampton
UK - RG7 5UA Nr Reading
Tel.: 44/1189/71 27 77
Fax : 44/1189/71 43 98
e-mail: susie.kemp@btinternet.com
EPP	KEYMER Gordon
Member of Tandridge District Council
Rockfields Road - Oxsted
UK - RH8 0EJ Surrey
Tel.: 44/1883/71 73 63
Fax : 44/1883/71 73 63
e-mail: gordon@gckeymer.freeserve.co.uk
EPP	
MARTIN David
Member of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Town Hall
UK - PR8 1DA Southport
Tel.: 44/1704/53 31 33
Fax : 44/151/934 34 59
e-mail: dave.martin@sefton.gov.uk
PES	McCARTHY-FRY Sarah
Member of Portsmouth Unitary Authority
Guildhall Square
UK - PO1 2AL Portsmouth
Tel.: 44/1705/83 41 72
Fax : 44/1705/83 44 41
e-mail: sarah@mccarthy9995.freeserve.co.uk
PES	
McCHORD Cormick Keenan
Member of Stirling Council
Viewforth
UK - FK8 2ET Stirling
Tel.: 44/1786/44 33 78
Fax : 44/1786/44 29 62
e-mail: mcchord@stirling.gov.uk
PES	MITCHELL Joan
Member of Dumfries and Galloway Council
Carsluitch, Newton Stewart
UK - DG8 7DU Dumfriesshire
Tel.: 44/1671/82 02 23
Fax : 44/1671/82 02 23
e-mail: joanm@dumgal.gov.uk
ELDR	
MOORE Peter
Member of Sheffield City Council
Town Hall
UK - S1 2HH Sheffield
Tel.: 44/114/272 64 44
Fax : 44/114/273 50 03
e-mail: sangimoore@aol.com
ELDR	OLDFATHER Irene
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Sovereign House, Academy Road
UK - KA12 8RL Irvine
Tel.: 44/1294/31 30 78
Fax : 44/1294/31 36 05
e-mail: irene@ioldfathernac.prestel.co.uk
PES	
SAVAGE George
Member of Craigavon Borough Council
147, Dromore Road
UK - BT66 7NR Donacloney, Craigavon
Tel.: 44/1762/88 14 48
Fax : 44/1762/64 55 14
e-mail: g.k.savage@dail.pipex.cc
EPP	Baroness SCOTT Ros
Member of Suffolk County Council
St. Helen Court
UK - IP4 2JS Ipswich
Tel.: 44/1473/23 00 00
Fax : 44/1473/58 41 63
e-mail: ros.scott@members.suffolkcc.gov.uk
ELDR	
Sir SOULSBY Peter
Member of Leicester Unitary Authority
Wellford Place
UK - LE1 6ZG Leicester
Tel.: 44/116/252 60 41
Fax : 44/116/254 95 70
e-mail: soulp001@leicester.gov.uk
PES	SWITHENBANK Ian
Member of Northumberland County Council
County Hall
UK - NE61 2EF Morpeth
Tel.: 44/1670/53 30 00
Fax : 44/1670/53 32 53
PES	
TUCKER Liz
Member of Worcestershire County Council
Spetchely Road
UK - WR5 2NP Worcs
Tel.: 44/1905/796 639
Fax : 44/1905/766 664
ELDR	WHITMORE Keith
Member of Manchester City Council
Town Hall
UK - M60 2LA Manchester
Tel.: 44/161/234 30 02
Fax : 44/161/234 32 96
e-mail: councillor_keith_whitmore@notes.manchester.gov.uk
ELDR	
Not ONE of the freeloaders above was ELECTED to this cush QUANGO by YOU the electorate.

They were APPOINTED by their Cronies at YOUR expense.

Their job is NON EXISTENT beyond acting as Quislings and their primary function is to act as Salesmen for the EU to convince YOU that The EU is worth Britain spending £1,800,000 per HOUR on.

The EU makes Calligula look sane – he made his Horse a Consul. YOU have permitted the above list of Asses to betray you.

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