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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

I have to confess that I go off at 3 o’clock. The reason I was talking is that I had not noticed that my noble friend from the morning shift had come on, otherwise I might have wrapped up long ago. I have tried and I can only go back to respond to the noble Lords, Lord Kinnock and Lord Liddle. The Government’s rationale for this is fairer votes in more fairly drawn constituencies—nothing more, nothing less. As I said to the noble Lord, Lord O’Neill, at the appropriate time we will take our conduct and our approach to this matter to the country and we will let them make a judgment.