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Proceeding contribution from Lembit Opik (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Monday, 27 February 2006. It occurred during Debate on bill on Government of Wales Bill.


Government of Wales Bill

I value the person who gave that advice, so I will take it and I will stop there. I simply say in general terms that the Government cannot have it both ways. They cannot say that they will take the advice on one occasion and not on another. We hear an age-old argument about the general public’s confusion. We are told that they do not understand how the system works. Once again, I simply ask the Government to provide some solid hard-core data to show that people who voted either in the most recent Welsh Assembly election or perhaps even in the one before have genuinely said, ““If I had understood the system better, I would have changed my vote.””


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
443 c43-4 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Devolved matters Accountability Constituency size Constituencies Candidates Devolution Elections Disqualification Legislative competence Functions Languages First ministers Pay Members National Assembly for Wales Politics and government Oaths and affirmations Wales Welsh language Welsh Government National Assembly for Wales Commission
Legislation
Government of Wales Bill 2005-06
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk