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Fixed-term Parliaments Bill

I have lost my place as a result of the hon. Gentleman's intervention, so let me recap what Professor Blackburn said:"““It was the period expressly approved of as being normal in practice, when the Parliament Act set the period of five years as a maximum. In an ideal democracy it may be that there should be elections as frequently as possible—even annually as supported by the Chartists in the eighteenth century—but a government must be allowed a sufficient period of time in which to put its programme of public policies into effect before submitting its record of achievement, or otherwise, to the voters. Three full legislative sessions, and certainly four, is sufficient for this purpose.””" I believe that that is correct.