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Legislative Programme and Budget Statement (Wales)

But, as the right hon. Lady knows, and as the Electoral Reform Society’s recent document confirms, if a vote has equal impact across the country, it will mean a cut in the number of Welsh MPs, regardless of party. Her party, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats will probably be hit, if not equally with Labour then possibly even more, because the middle of Wales—Ceredigion, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Montgomeryshire, and Brecon and Radnorshire—will be spatchcocked together, probably with half the number of seats, in order to achieve equalisation and the 10% cut in the number of MPs that she advocates. The consequence of her policy for Wales will be a 25% cut in the number of Welsh MPs. I do not see how she, as Secretary of State, can honestly stand up for that policy.