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National Referendum on the European Union

The hon. Gentleman takes an honourable position with which I disagree: that Britain's best interests are served by leaving the EU. On the EU's changing character, I would pray in aid the accession of 10 new members of what was previously the eastern bloc and the change that that has effected to the balance within the EU. Of course, however, there are continuing challenges, which is why I regard it as such a disappointment that the Government seem to glory in the isolation that the Prime Minister has secured for himself, when we should be arguing for continued reform not just of the European budget—