Lord Tomlinson
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(9 years, 1 month ago)
Lords ChamberI thank my noble friend the Minister for his advice. As he just said, we will be awaiting the dates of the referendum in due course.
Would the noble Lord accept that there is something particularly wrong when people serving this country overseas—particularly the many Britons who serve in European Union institutions and have developed their career there—are denied a vote? It is particularly obscene that they should be denied a vote in a referendum on our future membership of the European Union. Will he ensure that something is done as speedily as possible about that particular category?
My Lords, the franchise for the EU referendum is obviously based on the parliamentary franchise, and that is what we intend to stick to.