I want to get to the end of this bit, because I find it very interesting.
Another Foreign Office Minister said:"““I say simply that I believe our parliamentary democracy is strong enough to survive without referenda.””—[Official Report, House of Lords, 30 June 1992; Vol. 538, c. 661.]"
That was the Conservative Government’s attitude on the Maastricht treaty.
European Union (Amendment) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Gerald Kaufman
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 5 March 2008.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Amendment) Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
472 c1827;472 c1825 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2023-12-16 01:26:23 +0000
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_452313
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_452313
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_452313