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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 bills on 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—

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

726 c1706 

Session

2010-12

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Subjects

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

Legislation

European Union Bill 2010-12

Link

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