European Constitution (No.2)

EDM number 1321 in 2006-07, proposed by Nigel Evans on 23/04/2007.

That this House notes the votes of the people of France and Holland on the European constitution in May and June 2005 respectively, which were against the adoption of a European Constitution; further notes the moves by the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, to resurrect and instigate constitutional change following this defeat; further notes the Prime Minister's commitment to holding a UK referendum on this matter, thereby giving the British people a vote on the European Constitution; further notes the Prime Minister's subsequent statement that a referendum will now no longer be necessary as the proposal is for a constitutional treaty and not a constitution; further notes that the proposed constitutional treaty will contain many of the constitutional changes contained within the original constitutional document; and therefore calls on the Prime Minister to ensure that the British people will have a full say on whether they wish the UK to sign up to those constitutional changes via a referendum.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.