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European Union (Amendment) Bill

I am grateful to the Foreign Secretary. Will he acknowledge that this is the key difference? Not only was a promise to hold a referendum on the Maastricht treaty not given, but in the manifesto before the election there was a pledge to ratify it if the Conservative Government were re-elected. This case is completely different. The simple point is that the Foreign Secretary’s Government promised a referendum, and are breaking that promise today.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
472 c1788-9;472 c1786-7 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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