To put the Bill in context, after the defeat of the first Nice referendum last year my party said that it would support putting the same or a similar question to the people again if three preconditions were met. The first, on which I readily concede that the Government accommodated us, was the establishment of the Forum on Europe. The second dealt with the issue of neutrality. As the Minister, who has now left us, knows, we were happy to deal with him and his officials in advance of the promulgation of the amendment which is to be put to the people. We were satisfied to support the amendment because, for the first time, it gives the people singular sovereignty on the issue of neutrality, particularly in regard to participation in mutual defence arrangements. I would support such an arrangement if the conditions were right but it is now explicitly a matter for the people to decide in good time if such proposals are made. Strictly speaking, therefore, it is not part of the Nice treaty debate as such.