Sentences with phrase «referendum lock»
A "referendum lock" means that a government requires a public vote or approval through a referendum before making significant changes to laws or policies. It's a way to ensure that decisions that could have a big impact on the country are made with direct input from the people. Full definition
Pro-European Tories, including Brittan and Heseltine, join with Lib Dem peers to defeat referendum lock
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Squabbling over the upcoming bill introducing an EU referendum lock could reveal the extent of distrust between David Cameron and his party.
The quote is less a comment on Cameron's pledge of a 2017 referendum than a view on how the British referendum lock will force a poll if there are further changes at an EU level, for instance by a consolidation of political union among eurozone countries.
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An EU referendum lock to protect our sovereign powers every year.
On Friday Mr Cameron appeared resistant to such a move, saying that his «referendum lock» guaranteeing a vote in the event of substantial treaty change was sufficient.
All Cameron can do is refer to the «referendum lock» - which won't deliver what Dodds and so many others want.
The move would hand the British people a «referendum lock to which only they should hold the key», Cameron said.
Conservatives accused Labour of inconsistency in being unwilling to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, and in their manifesto promised a referendum lock on any future transfers of competencies, so that politicians would not be able to waver for short - term, political purposes.
Yesterday, in alliance with pro-EU Conservatives, Liberal Democrat peers helped amend the European Union Bill to ensure that the referendum lock expired at the end of this parliament.
That was why I found it absolutely disgraceful that he came in the other night to vote against the referendum lock in the European Union Bill, which is going through the other place.»
The whole point of William Hague's referendum lock is that it ensures all future parliaments can not make significant transfers of future powers to the EU without the consent of the British people.
My proposal would merely extend the referendum lock, under certain circumstances, to whether we should remain part of the European Union.
We were promised by all three party leaders in the last Parliament that we would have a referendum on Europe: the Conservatives went into the last election talking about a referendum lock.
i) All three party leaderships agree with the «referendum lock».
The Prime Minister responds by confirming the Coalition will introduce a referendum lock to stop any transfers of power to the EU without the consent of the British people.
We agree that we will amend the 1972 European Communities Act so that any proposed future Treaty that transferred areas of power, or competences, would be subject to a referendum on that Treaty - a «referendum lock».
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However, the party claims credit for passing the 2011 European Act which provides a «referendum lock».
The Coalition announces its referendum lock today but it has been attacked as meaningless by Bill Cash MP (in the Daily Mail), Roger Helmer MEP (on Twitter) and now, most convincingly, by Douglas Carswell on his blog:
That certainly justifies his support for the coalition's referendum lock, which guarantees a vote next time the EU proposes a treaty change which will transfer power to Brussels.
Its «referendum lock» has proved insufficient to satisfy the demands of Conservative backbenchers, who had hoped for a vote after the ratification of the Lisbon treaty.
«They claim that their rusty «referendum lock» will trigger a public vote when significant powers are shifted.
Clegg won't play ball, reminding Bone there was 100 days spent in this parliament legislating for the referendum lock.
Any treaty change would require the public have their say thanks to the coalition's «referendum lock», however.
Speaking at the start of the party's annual gathering in Glasgow, Mr Laws said that the Liberal Democrats would go farther than the «referendum lock» that was agreed with the Tories in 2010.
We have delivered a referendum lock on Europe, capping welfare, free schools, quadrupled council - house discounts in London — far beyond anything Margaret Thatcher or John Major delivered.»