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MPs to vote on call for referendum on UK leaving the EU MPs to vote on call for referendum on UK leaving the EU
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Backbench MPs have agreed to hold a debate and vote on calls for a referendum to be held on whether the UK stays in the European Union.Backbench MPs have agreed to hold a debate and vote on calls for a referendum to be held on whether the UK stays in the European Union.
Members of the Backbench Business Committee agreed to hold the debate on 27 October, according to Conservative MP Douglas Carswell. Members of the Backbench Business Committee agreed to hold the debate on October 27 on a motion calling for a referendum by May 2013.
Fellow Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith tweeted the question would be in three parts - the UK's relations with EU staying as they are now, the UK leaving the EU or renegotiating terms of membership. Tory MP David Nuttall's motion says the public should have three options put to them in the nationwide vote - keeping the status quo, leaving the EU or reforming the terms of the UK's membership of the European Union.
The committee - responsible for scheduling debates on 35 days of the year - accepted a proposal from the Conservative MP David Nuttall. The government would not be bound by the result of the vote but it could prove politically tricky for David Cameron.
His motion calls on the government to bring forward a bill in the next session of Parliament paving the way for the nationwide referendum. He has refused calls for an in/out referendum but it has been a popular idea among Tory backbenchers.
The government would not be bound by the result of the vote but it could prove politically tricky for David Cameron. He has refused calls for an in/out referendum but it has been a very popular idea among Tory backbenchers. The motion proposed says: "This House calls upon the Government to introduce a bill in the next session of Parliament to provide for the holding of a national referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union, leave the European Union, or renegotiate the terms of its membership in order to create a new relationship based on trade and cooperation."
BBC Parliamentary correspondent Mark D'Arcy said about 50 Conservative MPs could support the referendum call, which would mean Labour's approach to it "could turn out to be less academic than the normal Opposition line".