Proceeding contribution from Lord Pearson of Rannoch (UK Independence Party) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 22 March 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill on European Union Bill.
European Union Bill
—would run a campaign to get us out of the EU? Who would have thought then that 373,000 of its readers would have signed a petition to leave? Most of those people took the trouble to fill in a small form, cut it out and post it to the Express. Does that not reveal quite a bit of energy? Now there is a new campaign, the people’s pledge, launched last week. It is an all-party national campaign, led from the left, which asks people to sign a pledge online that at the next general election they will vote only for a candidate who promises to support an in/out referendum on our EU membership. It includes people who believe we should—
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- 2010-12
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- EU law EU withdrawal EU accession European communities Powers Referendums Parliamentary scrutiny Sovereignty Treaties Reform UK membership of EU Sunset clauses
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- European Union Bill 2010-12
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