“Rubber stamped” EU laws are being imposed on Britain, says a British Parliament member and his peers who are pushing for a bill to investigate the effects and cost of EU membership.

Lord Pearson, a member of the United Kingdom Independence Party—a political party whose aim is UK’s withdrawal from the EU—said most of the laws affecting British business originated in Brussels and were passed in the Commons and the Lords without proper debate.

His bill, the European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill, was introduced into debate last Friday and calls for an independent committee to study the implications of the UK leaving the EU. The analysis would include outlining the financial cost of EU membership and its effects on the economy, constitution and security.

Although Lord Pearson admits the government will “go a long way to avoid any inquiry of this kind,” the bill is one more voice crying out for the UK to seriously reconsider its EU membership.

Adding to the controversy are the fresh figures from Britain’s Treasury, showing that Britain’s net payments to Brussels will double to £6.4 billion within four years. The data, analyzed by the think tank Global Vision, revealed that average net payments will rise sharply during the period from 2011 to 2014, from a previous average of £3.27 billion a year over the past decade.

The main cause for the spike in payments was Tony Blair’s decision in December 2005 to cut back the UK’s rebate by exempting new members.

During the same time, the poorer areas of northern England and Scotland will lose structural funds as the EU transfers payments to former Communist states in Eastern Europe.

Ruth Lea, the director of Global Vision, said these transfers benefit Germany far more than Britain. She stated that this is “Germany’s economic hinterland” and that “Britain needs a totally different kind of partnership with Europe, outside the EU.”

The UK’s future in the EU will be even more dubious when Prime Minister Blair leaves office at the end of this month. Gordon Brown, his replacement, made it clear Britain will not be bound by any new European Union constitution. Brown emphasized to Blair in private talks that he will not be tied to any deal if it involves London surrendering more power to Brussels. He also insists on Britain having opt-outs from key elements if any treaty is to be agreed upon at the EU summit scheduled for the end of this month.

Brown is most concerned about the plans of Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, to make a new charter of fundamental rights legally binding and removing the national veto on justice and home affairs. UK officials fear this may interfere with their police powers to interrogate terrorist suspects.

The Trumpet has said for a long time that the UK will not remain in the EU. To find out why, read The United States and Britain in Prophecy.