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  European Union (Referendum) Bill - Wording of Referendum Question
  
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  @ MP voted no for the question for the referendum of the UK's membership of the EU to be "Do you think that the United Kingdom should be a member of the European Union?" rather than "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?" 
  
  @ MP voted aye for the question for the referendum of the UK's membership of the EU to be "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?" rather than "Do you think that the United Kingdom should be a member of the European Union?" 
  
  The majority of members of the House of Lords voted in favour of the question for the referendum of the UK's membership of the EU being "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?" rather than "Do you think that the United Kingdom should be a member of the European Union?" 
  
  Members of the House of Lords were considering the European Union (Referendum) Bill[1] The amendment accepted in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 1: Clause 1, page 1, line 2, leave out subsection (1) and insert:
  
  â(1) A referendum is to be held with the questionâ âShould the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?â appearing on the ballot papers.â
  
  at the time of the vote subsection (1) stated:
  
  :A referendum is to be held on the United Kingdomâs membership of the
  European Union.
  
  Subsection (4) stated:
  :The question that is to appear on the ballot papers isâ  âDo you think that the United Kingdom should be a member of the European Union?â
  
  As the approved amendment alone would have left the Bill containing two different questions presumably the intent would have been to make a consequential amendment removing subsection (4). Amendment 28[2] would in-fact have had such an effect and it was subsequently agreed without a vote[3]. 
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/europeanunionreferendum.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Referendum) Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2013-2014/0063/amend/ml063-I.htm Amendment sheet for Lords consideration of the European Union (Referendum) Bill from 23 January 2014]
  * [3] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2014-01-24a.853.0#g951.1 Official Record, House of Lords, 24 January 2014]
  
  
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