Since the noble Lord has such confidence in the judgment of Ministers that he wishes to recentralise the possible decision-making that would come through referenda, why does he not have confidence that the judgment of Ministers would be that something inessential would not come to Parliament in the first place? There is an illogicality in his circular argument.
European Union Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 8 June 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union Bill.
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