Proceeding contribution from Lord Soley (Labour) in the House of Lords on Monday, 17 January 2011. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Professor King made the point that, if you reduce the number of MPs from which Ministers are drawn, you also reduce the ““gene pool”” for Ministers, as he described it. He said that that was quite important. I do not want to get into a detailed argument about why I am sympathetic to the idea of reducing the size of Parliament; I just want to make a couple of points in relation to it.
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- 2010-12
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- Boundary commissions Constituency size Constituencies Electoral register House of Lords composition Members Peers Reform
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- Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill 2010-12
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