Clause 2 — Treaties amending or replacing TEU or TFEU

Part of european union bill (programme) (No. 3) – in the House of Commons at 7:15 pm on 11 July 2011.

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Photo of Graham Stringer Graham Stringer Labour, Blackley and Broughton 7:15, 11 July 2011

The hon. Gentleman is listing a lot of important subjects. Quite frankly, I would support an EU referendum on paper clips, because, whatever the referendum was about, the British people would take the question to be one of whether or not they were in favour of the European Union. Everyone would understand that. I therefore support more items being placed in the Bill on which we would be allowed to have a referendum. What the British people want is a referendum on whether we should be in or out.