---

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

The noble Lord, Lord Soley, did indeed ask me a question. He asked—I wrote it down—““What happens if the Electoral Commission declares that the referendum cannot be held to an effective standard because of late changes to legislation?. The Electoral Commission has declared itself satisfied with progress so far. There is no reason why that progress should not continue. The conduct schedules to the Bill are based on tried-and-tested election rules. There is nothing new, nothing revolutionary, everything has been done before. It is on that basis that we do not accept that problems will arise. The noble Lord, Lord Grenfell, was trying to get in but he has had a change of mind, for which I am very grateful. He does not have to intervene.