The voting process is, as Conservative MEP Malcolm Harbour said to me earlier, really just a piece of political theatre.

BBC: My week as an MEP - Tuesday

Malcolm Harbour, West Midlands MEP, for services to the UK economy.

BBC: Adrian Lester

However British Conservative Malcolm Harbour, who chairs the Internal Market Committee, welcomed the act and said its "biggest achievement" could be getting more people into work and creating more small businesses.

BBC: Barnier presents single market act