We will not give a commitment about specific dates for referendums that are not going to be held before 2015 at the earliest. There are advantages and disadvantages to holding referendums on the same days as other elections, and it is certainly considerably less expensive to the taxpayer if a referendum can be combined with a ballot for other purposes.
European Union Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Lidington
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 January 2011.
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and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union Bill.
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