Proceeding contribution from Lord Touhig (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 26 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
89BA: Clause 11, page 11, line 26, at end insert— ““(5) If the number of constituencies allocated to Wales under sub-paragraph (3) is fewer than 35, an additional allocation shall be made to Wales to ensure that it has 35 constituencies. (6) Where an additional allocation is made under sub-paragraph (5) above, sub-paragraph (7) shall apply in place of rule 2. (7) The electorate of any constituency in Wales shall be— (a) no less than 95% of the Welsh electoral quota; and (b) no more than 105% of that quota; the ““Wales electoral quota”” meaning W/P, where W is the electorate of Wales and P is the number of constituencies allocated to Wales.””
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