<p> PRESS RELEASE</p><p>Huw Merriman Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle</p><p>HUW INVITES DEBATE ON EU REFERENDUM</p><p>22.02.2015 For immediate release: Huw Merriman, MP for Bexhill and Battle, has announced a series of seven local debates following Saturday’s announcement by the Prime Minister that the nation will decide on whether to stay in the European Union at a referendum on Thursday 23 June.</p><p>Huw has arranged the debates to give local people the chance to hear local campaigners deliver the arguments for and against staying in the EU. Huw will also provide information to allow people to understand what the proposed changes, or exit, to EU membership, would mean, before deciding how to vote.</p><p>Speaking in Battle, Huw said “This referendum could possibly be the most important vote of our generation. As their MP, I see it as my role to provide the information and the arguments on either side so constituents are able to make up their mind which way to vote. The whole point of a referendum is to allow the people, and not politicians, to decide our future membership of the European Union. I do not want to influence my constituents' views one way or another with my own opinions but I do want to help constituents to understand what is proposed. </p><p>“I will be chairing all seven debates to ensure the arguments are fair and balanced, and will therefore be neutral in my views beforehand. I hope that my constituents will welcome this opportunity to get involved.”</p><p>ENDS</p><p>For further information please contact Constituency Office 01424 734910 PRESS RELEASE</p><p>Huw Merriman Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle</p><p>Notes for Editors</p><p>Details of EU Referendum Debates:</p><p>Peasmarsh Memorial Hall 10.00am Saturday 4 June</p><p>Heathfield Kings Church State Rooms, Station Road 7.30pm Thursday 9 June</p><p>Sedlescombe Village Hall 10.00am Saturday 11 June</p><p>Pevensey Priory Court Hotel 7.30pm Thursday 16 June</p><p>Ticehurst Dale Hill Golf Club 7.30pm Friday 17 June </p><p>Bexhill-on-Sea St Johns’ Church, London Road, 10.00am Saturday 18 June</p><p>Battle Baptist Church 12.00pm Saturday 18 June</p><p>For further information please contact Constituency Office 01424 734910</p>