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Bill · started in the Lords

Referendum (European Union) Bill [HL]

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Lords)

The story so farThe Referendum (European Union) Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 27 July 2010 by Lord Willoughby de Broke (UK Independence Party). It is now at second reading in the House of Lords. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

What the bill does

<p>To make provision for the holding of a referendum in the United Kingdom on the United Kingdom&rsquo;s continued membership of the European Union.</p>

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Lords 27 Jul 2010
  2. 2nd reading Lords Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 2 May 2012.