Proceeding contribution from Lord Lipsey (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 19 January 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HL) on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for his reply. I am sure that he will want to be present at the meeting that I am to have with his officials, which we will now reorganise for the time at which Blackpool kick off on Saturday. It is good to see that Members of another place have come to observe proceedings in the House this evening. They will be able to return to the other end after doing so with two assurances. First, this House is indeed conducting detailed scrutiny of this Bill in good humour and in good order and with reasonable dispatch. Secondly, the reading skills of Ministers in this House far surpass those of Ministers in another place. I have put forward two successive tentative amendments, and it is just worth saying—
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- 2010-12
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- Boundary commissions Constituency size Constituencies British overseas territories Electoral register Isle of Wight Prisoners Members Voting rights Population
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- Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill 2010-12
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