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European Union Referendum Bill

Proceeding contribution from John Redwood (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 7 September 2015. It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union Referendum Bill.

That is a good point. The other constitutional point I would make about businesses is that in an entrepreneurial business where the entrepreneur-owner-manager owns 51% or more of the shares, of course they speak for business, so if they say, “I want to stay in,” or, “I want us to pull out,” that is not only their view but the view of the whole business. I can understand that and it is very interesting, but quite often the people being interviewed are executives with very few shares in very large companies, who have not cleared their view through a shareholder meeting or some other constitutional process. The BBC wishes to give the impression that that is the view of all the members of the company, whereas in fact it is just the opinion of an executive. It is interesting, and the executive may be quite powerful, but he does not necessarily speak for the company, and that is never stressed in the exchanges.

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Reference

599 c138 

Session

2015-16

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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