European Union Bill

Debate between Lord Kinnock and Lord Deben

Tuesday 5th April 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord Deben]

Does the noble Lord agree that the British Government would have had to vote as part of that unanimity, thereby accepting that this would not change the nature of powers, but would then have to come back to Britain and say, “We voted the wrong way. We will now need to have a referendum, after saying that this did not increase the powers”?

[Lord Kinnock]

I am grateful to the noble Lord, and I will show him this piece of paper afterwards.