National Referendum on the European Union

Part of Backbench Business — [34th Allotted Day] – in the House of Commons at 8:56 pm on 24 October 2011.

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Photo of George Eustice George Eustice Conservative, Camborne and Redruth 8:56, 24 October 2011

I was about to come on to precisely that.

I do not accept the argument that nothing can be done until there has been an intergovernmental conference or a new treaty. Where there is the political will, there is always a way, and where needs must, the EU has shown itself able to react quickly and then sort out the lawyers and the legal basis for action later.