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Proceeding contribution from Caroline Flint (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 5 July 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Political and Constitutional Reform.


Political and Constitutional Reform

We are the only Parliament in the world whose second Chamber is larger than the first, and Labour's next phase of reform would have addressed that—[Interruption.] ... Is it true that the Tory-Liberal Democrat coalition plans not only to allow existing peers to remain until they die, but to create nearly 200 more peers at a time when they are going to cut the number of MPs? ... Answer the question!


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
513 c37-8 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Boundary commissions Constituency size Constituencies Alternative vote British constitution House of Commons General elections Fixed-term parliaments Dissolution Referendums Censure motions
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk