Non-partisan information on UK attitudes to the EU before and since the EU Referendum

Which of these options best reflects your view on proposed legislation which would only allow referendum on treaties that transferred “significant powers” to the EU?

Fieldwork dates: 11 January 2011 - 12 January 2011
Data from: Great Britain
Results from: 1 poll

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Results for: Which of these options best reflects your view on proposed legislation which would only allow referendum on treaties that transferred “significant powers” to the EU?
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Pollster		 12 January 2011
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Referendums should only be held on important treaties, not on minor issues that don't involve giving extra powers to Europe. 35%
It is wrong that the gov't would be able to avoid holding a referendum on a treaty that they claimed was not significant 41%
Neither 8%
Don't know 16%

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Under the proposed legislation the government would only have to give a referendum on treaties that transferred “significant powers”. Supporters say this would prevent the need for referendums on minor treaties that didn’t actually affect British interests, but critics have said the government could use this clause to avoid the need for a referendum. Which of the following best reflects your view?

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