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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

I thank the noble Lord for his response. It was extremely disappointing and reflected an approach that has been taken by the Government throughout the process. They have accepted the problem but offered few proposals in relation to it. Two things need to be done. Active steps must be taken and a proposal must be made about how the date problem should be dealt with. Neither is impossible. In these circumstances, I wish to test the opinion of the House. Division on Amendment 16J Contents 192; Not-Contents 266. Amendment 16J disagreed. Amendments 16K to 16N not moved. Amendment 17 Moved by