HC Deb 27 January 2004 vol 417 cc288-9W
22. Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Dutch Government on prospects for a referendum in the Netherlands on a proposed European Constitution; and if he will make a statement. [150709]

Mr. MacShane

I have regular discussions with my EU counterparts on a wide range of aspects of the IGC. The question of whether to hold a referendum on the Constitutional Treaty is a matter for individual governments themselves, according to their constitutional traditions.

As I have made clear in the House before, we have no plans to hold a referendum.