Proceeding contribution from Lord Pearson of Rannoch (UK Independence Party) in the House of Lords on Monday, 5 July 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Political and Constitutional Reform.

Political and Constitutional Reform

My Lords, I am most grateful. I should like to put a question on behalf of the 2.5 million people who voted for minority parties, the largest of which I have the honour to lead. The Government state: ""Surely when dissatisfaction with politics is so great, one of our first acts must be to give people their own say over something as fundamental as how they elect their MPs"." However, the Statement goes on to "take it or leave it". It is the AV system or nothing. What is wrong with AV plus, which is, after all, a system that is good enough for Scotland, Wales and the London Assembly? Why is that system not good enough for the country?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 720 c34
Session: 2010-12
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Subjects: Boundary commissions Constituency size Constituencies Alternative vote House of Commons General elections Fixed-term parliaments Dissolution Referendums Censure motions
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Political and Constitutional Reform

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