The European Union Bill 2004–2005 (Bill 45) was a

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of the

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which proposed to ratify the

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and to incorporate it into the domestic law of the United Kingdom and to amend the European Communities Act 1972 to include it in the list of Treaties and hold a

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throughout the

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and

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on whether to approve the proposed Constitution which would be overseen by the Electoral Commission (United Kingdom), Electoral Commission. The bill was first introduced during the parliamentary session of 2004/2005 and received a second reading. It fell at the end of that parliament. The bill was reintroduced in the new parliament and the 2005/2006 session, however it was withdrawn after its first reading by Jack Straw on 6 June 2005 following "no" votes in referendums that were held on ratifying the European Constitution in 2005 French European Constitution referendum, France and in the 2005 Dutch European Constitution referendum, Netherlands. If the referendum had gone ahead it would have been the first UK-wide referendum to have been held since the 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum, 1975 European Communities membership referendum which at the time had been the only nationwide referendum to be held. No date for the proposed referendum was ever set however the expectation was at the time that it would have been held sometime in the first six months of 2006 with the possibility that it could have been held on the same day as the 2006 United Kingdom local elections, 2006 UK local elections which were scheduled and duly held on 4 May 2006. House of Commons Library Research paper for the European Union Bill.

Proposed referendum question

The bill gave the question to appear on ballot papers: and in Welsh language, Welsh: permitting a simple YES/NO answer

References

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Proposed referendum question

See also

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