My hon. Friend makes a very good point. We need to be careful what we wish for. Many of the amendments we are discussing would introduce a hair-trigger—an apt expression—approach to referendums that could end up shooting the UK's best interests in the foot.
European Union Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Stephen Gilbert
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 January 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union Bill.
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