Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, but I am an independent MP, not a UKIP MP, as he well knows. I cannot attempt in any way to defend the honour of the leader of the Conservative party, who made a cast-iron guarantee, has reneged on it and will suffer very badly because of it. With every promise that he makes in the lead-up to the next election, he will be asked, "Is that a cast-iron guarantee you are giving this time?" The public will not trust him on it. However, how can we expect the public to return to trusting the House if we will not listen to and trust the public? Why does the right hon. Member for Rotherham (Mr. MacShane) not want to listen to the public, ask them what they want, give them a plebiscite and follow what they want to do? Does he really believe that he knows better than the majority of British people?