EU referendum: MPs call for public to have their say

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Series Details 05.07.13
Publication Date 05/07/2013
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EUObserver and other news sources reported that the United Kingdom took another step towards an 'in/out' referendum on its membership of the European union on the 5 July 2013 after Conservative MPs (and pro-referendum Labour Party MPs) backed a bill guaranteeing a vote by the end of 2017.

The Conservatives' referendum bill was backed unanimously after Labour and the Liberal Democrats boycotted the vote.
The bill, which was tabled by Conservative back-bench MP James Wharton, but had the support of prime minister David Cameron, would bind the next parliament to hold an 'in/out' vote on EU membership.

Subsequently, the Conservatives accused Labour of trying to 'gag the British people' on the 8 November 2013 as opposition MPs used parliamentary guerrilla tactics to slow – but not block – the passage of the EU referendum bill through the House of Commons in the first of three days of debate assigned to the bill.

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