My hon. Friend misspoke very slightly earlier when he referred to the general election franchise, but that is not quite true, because Members of the other place would have a vote. On a more substantive point, in the referendum that we in Scotland have next year on whether we should leave the EU, European Union citizens will be granted the vote. I did not support that, but given that the Government supported EU citizens having the right to vote on that precedent on that occasion, should they not be given the right to vote on whether the whole of the UK leaves the EU?
European Union (Referendum) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Thomas Docherty
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 8 November 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union (Referendum) Bill.
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