Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18 June 1964.
Mr. H. Wilson:
Since the terms of entry into Europe will probably be one of the biggest political issues during the lifetime of this Parliament, and since the Prime Minister clearly intends to fight the next General Election without any statement at all of the conditions under which Her Majesty's Government would consider going into Europe, would he at any rate give a pledge that he will not go into Europe without further reference to the electorate?
In a general election, each constituency chooses an MP to represent it by process of election. The party who wins the most seats in parliament is in power, with its leader becoming Prime Minister and its Ministers/Shadow Ministers making up the new Cabinet. If no party has a majority, this is known as a hung Parliament. The next general election will take place on or before 3rd June 2010.
