European Union (Amendment) Bill

The important issue is that we have experience of one referendum on the European Union, of referendums in respect of Scotland and Wales, and of referendums in respect of local government. Those referendums were all called because of the issue of the balance of power. I want to go through the allegations that have been made about this important issue, because some of them are absurd and can be dismissed. There are also substantive issues—[Interruption.]