Clause 5 - Referendums: frequency
Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill
11:00 am
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative)
Thank you, Mr. Butterfill. As you say, I am in some difficulty because, clearly, amendment No. 1 does not stand alone. I will try to focus narrowly on the change that amendment No. 13 would make to clause 1. The amendment would deal with the question of frequency of referendums by ruling out a further referendum under the Bill. Of course, there is nothing to prevent the Government
from introducing another Bill should they feel that the issue needs to be tested again. Amendment No. 1 would delete the provisions in clause 5 that deal with repetitive referendums.