A Bill to require an independent audit of the benefits and costs of UK membership of the European Union.
House of Commons
Sir Christopher ChopeConservative
30 March 2015
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This bill would require an independent audit of the benefits and costs of UK membership of the European Union. It would require the audit to produce a public report to Parliament detailing whether the benefits of EU membership outweigh the costs and where public spending is involved. The measure is currently at the second reading stage in the House of Commons and was introduced by Sir Christopher Chope in 2014.
The bill has completed its first reading (in 2014) and is currently at the second reading in the Commons; there is no record of further progress in the Lords.
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7 Jul 2014
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 7 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
