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Treaty of Lisbon (No. 7)

I am extremely grateful to the hon. Lady, who is, as ever, most gracious. The hon. Lady has explained why she thinks that her constituents should be given an opportunity to vote in a referendum on whether we are in or out of Europe and why that is, in her party's view, the substantive question. However, given that that has not found support in this House, she has not explained why she none the less wants to remove her constituents' right to vote in a referendum on the treaty—the policy of her party on which she stood when she was elected to this House.