Are you putting Europe's case well enough, 'biased" BBC asks Mandelson Thirteen listeners complained. Tory sources were tonight furious at the "brazen" handling of the interview. At one point Mr Davis complimented Lord Mandelson's response, saying: "You've made that point very well." Lord Mandelson, who will receive a £31,000-a-year pension from the European Commission when he turns 65, had refused to debate with Lord Dobbs and instead answered Mr Davis" questions from a radio car. At one point was asked if he could see "some merit" in letting the public have a say, before being played a clip of Viviane Reding, the vice president of the European Commission, urging supporters of the EU to be more vocal. Mark Reckless, MP for Rochester and the Strood, said: "Mandelson was given an easy ride. The strongest line of attack was that he was failing to promote the case for his 'fantastic' institution. Peter Bone, MP for Wellingborough said: "It is institutional bias at the BBC in favour of the European Union. They don't seem to be able to help themselves; they don't even know they are doing it. If you are a eurosceptic interviewee you are going into a hostile environment before you start. It's quite ridiculous. Bill Cash MP, chair of the Commons European Scrutiny Committee, said: "It is an outrage, but it has been like this for a very long time. It is par for the course. Mr Cash has summoned Lord Patten, the chairman of the BBC trust, to appear before his committee to face questions about perceived bias on Europe. A BBC spokesman said: "Inevitably there will be disagreements about the reporting of any given political story, however we are satisfied that the views of both Lord Dobbs and Lord Mandelson were challenged and that our coverage of today's story about the EU referendum bill was fair and balanced." Questions to Lord Dobbs "Why are you so keen to sponsor this Bill?" "How would you vote on the referendum?" "If there's a vote tomorrow, how would you vote?" "Why do we need to have a Bill for a vote that would occur in the next Parliament? It does seem like a waste of time. There's a very good chance another party would be leading the country after the next election... It's obviously going to be up to the next Government whether we have a referendum in the next parliament so why go through this charade of a Bill going through this Parliament for a referendum in the next Parliament? "You are denying it is the next Government that will decide whether there is a referendum?" Dobbs says he wants to give the people a choice. Davis says: "Unless it is repealed, which of course it might be." Questions to Lord Mandelson "You are against the idea of a referendum, so you will be against this Bill. Correct? "Can you not see some merit in the Lord Dobbs argument that this is an issue that politicians have failed to take a decisive lead to the British people on where Britain is, and it does need the public to just say look, this is the way we are going guys, now you make this happen, you make this work." "You raise an interesting issue in terms making the case for Europe. Many observers think the pro-European case is made rather badly, that the pro-Europeans have not simply found a narrative, as people like you would say. Davis plays a clip of Viviane Reding, appealing for supporters of the European Union to be more vocal in backing the bloc. He asks: "I just wonder, Lord Mandelson, whether you agree the issue has not been put by pro-Europeans very convincingly. Basically Ukip are winning the argument, aren't they? After Mandelson's answer, he adds: "You've made that point well." "How stupid would it be for Ed Miliband to come round to the idea of a referendum?"