A Bill to require the holding of a referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union; and for connected purposes.
The Bill would require the Government to hold a referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union. It makes provision for the conduct and financing of the referendum and stipulates the question to be asked.
House of Commons
12 April 2010
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This Bill would require the UK Government to hold a referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union. It also sets out how the referendum should be run, how it would be funded, and the exact question to be asked. It started in the House of Commons and is currently at the 2nd reading stage.
The bill is at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move through subsequent stages before it could become law.
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16 Dec 2009
This Bill was presented, through the ballot procedure, to Parliament on 16 December 2009. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The Second reading date for this Bill has not been named therefore the Bill has been dropped and will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
