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@ Denis MacShane
Labour MP for Rotherham

Can you understand a public loss of faith in the current Government, considering many felt, when voting, they were promised a referendum on any document as major as the Reform Treaty?

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Answered by Denis MacShane

In 2004, Tony Blair offered a referendum on the now defunct Constitution. It was killed by the French and Dutch voters in a referendum in 2005.

 

The Lisbon Treaty is completely different. It is of less significance than the Single European Act or the Maastricht Treaty, which the Conservative government rightly submitted to Parliament for ratification. The UK has always ratified treaties in Parliament and it would be wrong to betray parliamentary sovereignty on this treaty

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