CONSERVATIVE
New Forest East

DEMOCRACY – WELSH REFERENDUM - 08 December 1997

DEMOCRACY – WELSH REFERENDUM - 08 December 1997

Dr Julian Lewis: I welcome the close attention that the hon. Gentleman is giving to the narrowness of the referendum result, and the high proportion of people who did not vote. Will he address the point stressed by my right hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Mr Ancram) – the fact that, the day after the referendum, the Prime Minister emphasised that he recognised the concerns shown by the Welsh people, as demonstrated by the low majority for the proposals, yet there is nothing in the Bill to show that those concerns have been taken into account?