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European Union (Amendment) Bill

It is a shame that the right hon. Gentleman, who is a distinguished Member of this House, is not listening to what I am saying, and what we have been saying day in, day out. We have strongly argued that our pledge at the last election would be best honoured by an in-out vote; that is the nearest we can get to honouring it now that the constitutional treaty is dead. Let me return to the differences between the treaties.