Monday, 15th June 2009

UKIP peer Lord Willoughby has introduced a Constitutional Reform Bill which details how Britain would withdraw from the EU and the measures needed to do so.

Alongside EU withdrawal, the Bill:

• Repeals the Human Rights Act. (Clause 2)
  
  
• Sets up binding national and local referendums. (Clauses 11 and 16)
  
  
• Passes power from Westminster to local government. (Clauses 12 - 15)
  
  
• Reviews Regional Assemblies and all quangos, etc., with a view to closure. (Clause 18)
  
  
• Reduces the House of Commons to 250 MPs with transparent expenses.  To sit for fixed five-year terms.  (Clauses 5-8)
  
• House of Lords reformed or abolished by national referendum. (Clause 9) and;
  
• Retains National powers. (Clause 10)

You can read the bill in full here.

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