European Union (Amendment) Bill

My Lords, if the public were correctly to read Hansard, which is recorded accurately, of our earlier debates, they would see that there are very clear reasons why some of us went through the Not-Content doors. What about the speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Symons, in which she clearly argued that the treaty is a very different thing? I am one of those who believe that a name is important. I am Sentamu; I am not Hind. The moment that they say Hind is going to be Archbishop of York and then put in Sentamu, everyone would be quite angry—and quite rightly so. For me, ““constitution”” and ““treaty”” are therefore quite important. If you really think that our public read Hansard and know what has gone on in Parliament, which is always on television, and are not persuaded why there is no need for a referendum, we have a job that is far more serious than I thought. I believe that in York, where I am, they know. They listen to the debates, and they will say, ““Oh, Wirral, he comes from the same place as York; they are part of the North. They disagreed but, in the end, the vote was probably right””.