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Proceeding contribution from Lord Sewel (Labour) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 20 January 2011. It occurred during Debate on Coalition Government.

Coalition Government

In making comparisons between what is happening now with what has happened in the past, has the noble Lord not excluded or failed to mention one very important factor? Now, the coalition Government have what is really an effective majority in your Lordships—an effective majority, not an arithmetical one—where the last Government were clearly in the minority? That is the very fundamental difference.

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Proceeding contribution
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724 c560 
Session
2010-12
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House of Lords chamber
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House of Commons Constituencies Alternative vote British constitution Cabinet House of Lords Distribution of seats General elections Fixed-term parliaments Public appointments Public bodies Political parties Referendums Parliamentary procedure Parliamentary scrutiny Peers Reform Liberal Democrat Collective responsibility Government bills Conservative Manifestos Coalition governments Henry VIII clauses Statutory instruments Cabinet manual
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