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David Cameron's EU referendum bill 'unlikely' to become law
David Cameron is facing embarrassment over Europe as peers warn that his attempt to pass a referendum law faces failure
By James Kirkup, Political Editor
4:59PM GMT 02 Jan 2014

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The Conservative Party’s bill committing Britain to a referendum on European Union membership is “unlikely” to become law because of delays in the House of Lords, peers have warned.
A House of Lords committee has cast doubt on the prospects of the bill the Conservatives are seeking to use to guarantee a European referendum in the next Parliament.
David Cameron has promised to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the EU then put the new deal to the people in a referendum after the next election. The Conservatives will make that promise a central part of their campaigning until the next general election.
To answer public doubts about whether that vote will ever be held, the Conservatives are attempting to pass a new law that would commit whoever is in power in the next Parliament to hold a referendum by the end of 2017.
Because the Liberal Democrats have withheld support, the law is being taken through Parliament not as Government legislation but as a private member’s bill.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10547669/Cameron-prepares-nuclear-option-on-EU-referendum.html