Key eurosceptic MPs are planning to push David Cameron further on his plans for European reform next week, Coffee House has learned.
Leading members of a powerful group of right-wing Conservative MPs, who meet regularly to discuss strategy, will call on the Prime Minister to set out more detail on giving power back to Parliament and his plans for reform.
‘The ECHR isn’t enough,’ says one source. ‘We need to hear more detail from the Prime Minister and we will ask for that as soon as next week.’
The precise wording of the demand – and how it will be delivered – are still being discussed, but the rebels are keen to avoid a repeat of Bernard Jenkin’s letter in January which demanded that Parliament be given the power to veto every aspect of EU law, but had less impact than hoped because its list of signatories turned out to be a bit of a mess and therefore easy for Downing Street to knock down.
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