My Lords, of course it is a question of balance and common sense. Where do we find arguments about balance and common sense but in another place and, especially, here? It is here where we have those arguments and can argue out what is in a Bill.
The noble Lord said that the British people know best—he did not qualify the sentence that he uttered—in making his argument about how important referendums could be. I merely suggest to him that the British people would perhaps have liked to have had a referendum on the increases in university fees.
European Union Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 13 June 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union Bill.
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