Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill

If a Government had enshrined in law the guarantee that any future transfer of powers in a treaty would be put to the British people in a referendum—if that had been put on the statute book—and if such a treaty was introduced and an individual felt that the Government were trying to wriggle out of their referendum commitments, that individual would have recourse to law in the courts. My right hon. and learned Friend makes an important point. That would help to give this amendment teeth and it is all the more important, therefore, to put it on the statute book.