Member

On the question of a referendum, there was no need for a referendum in the Bill that was published in 2012. I think that, for a change of the enormity that is proposed in these amendments, and indeed by my noble friends, you probably would need to seek some sort of popular mandate—whether that is a referendum or something else, I am not sure. I think we would have to wait until then. Since the amendment suggests that the Government should come forward with some proposals over the course of the next couple of years, perhaps we will not have too long to wait.