UK parliament approves EU treaty / BBC, 19 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7461918.stm
"The UK has effectively ratified the EU's reform treaty - despite the decision by Irish voters to reject it. A last-ditch Tory bid to delay the process for four months was defeated by a margin of 93, and peers later gave the EU Amendment Bill a third reading."