Proceeding contribution from David Jones (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 30 January 2006. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Government of Wales Bill.
Government of Wales Bill
The hon. Gentleman repeats the point that he made last week about losers becoming winners. Has he noted the Arbuthnott commission’s findings? One conclusion states:"““Candidates coming in second or third place who are then elected through the regional list are only ‘losers’ in the context of a first past the post, ““winner takes all”” electoral system. This logic does not sit well within a proportional system and introducing it devalues and undermines the concept of proportionality.””" Either the hon. Gentleman accepts that we have proportional representation or he does not.
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