Proceeding contribution from Richard Shepherd (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 September 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill on Fixed-term Parliaments Bill.
Fixed-term Parliaments Bill
I am obliged to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will not all we have in those 14 days just be an auction of offices and promises and the usual making of a Government? [Interruption.] No, I did not mean it in that sense. In Gibbon's ““Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire””, a succession of Caesars were bought and sold by the praetorian guard. Is that what this constitutional reform programme amounts to?
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- 2010-12
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- Alternative vote General elections Fixed-term parliaments Dissolution National Assembly for Wales Referendums Parliament Parliamentary privilege Parliamentary session Reform Scottish Parliament Royal prerogative Censure motions
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- Fixed-term Parliaments Bill 2010-12
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