It is vital that, when we come to put the treaty for ratification, the people are not presented with what they may possibly regard at this stage as a fait accompli. It is important that there should be a wide ranging and comprehensive debate on Europe, in an open and transparent manner. All of us can recall the first Nice treaty referendum in which I, for one and many others likewise, did not play the role we should have played in communicating the treaty to the electorate. That responsibility rested particularly at a political level. In the second referendum all was changed – we went out and played a more important role.