Proceeding contribution from Lord Rennard (Liberal Democrat) 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
The noble Lord suggests that it would be ““a grievous fault”” for Parliament to fix a precise number of Members of Parliament. Would he not accept that in many countries, probably most democracies, there is a written constitution with a fixed number of MPs that is invariably approved by Parliament? These other countries do not consider it to be a grievous fault at all for Parliament to set a precise number of MPs.
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- 2010-12
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- House of Lords chamber
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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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