Proceeding contribution from Baroness Falkner of Margravine (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 5 April 2011. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on European Union Bill.
European Union Bill
My Lords, again, I have to say that I think that when we say that we are giving up representative democracy in favour of plebiscitary democracy, we are on ground which is difficult to explain out there in the media. In the debate on Amendment 1, the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, said that it was undoubtedly true that the public did not trust Parliament on EU matters to the extent that they had done in the past, and that there was a disconnect—
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- 726 c1706
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- 2010-12
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- House of Lords chamber
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- Crown dependencies British overseas territories EU law European communities Gibraltar Judicial review Referendums Sovereignty Treaties Treaty on European Union UK membership of EU Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
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- European Union Bill 2010-12
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