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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

722 c1373-81 

Session

2010-12

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 722 c1376 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I know and fully acknowledge that this is not the other place, but I am slightly alarmed b...

Baroness McDonagh | 722 c1373 (Link to this contribution) That it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House to which the Parliamentary Voting Syst...

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Lord Hunt of Wirral | 722 c1377 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise just to respond to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton—it is a br...

Lord Tyler | 722 c1375-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lord, my point is that, if it is held together as one Bill, it can. So the noble Lord is supporti...

Lord Tyler | 722 c1376 (Link to this contribution) I understand precisely what the noble Baroness is saying and I understand that that will be the role...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 722 c1377 (Link to this contribution) I think it would be helpful if I set out the Front Bench’s position. Our position is that it would b...

Lord Pannick | 722 c1374-5 (Link to this contribution) I remind noble Lords that your Lordships’ Constitution Committee, of which I am a member, reported t...

Baroness McDonagh | 722 c1373-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a former General Secretary of the Labour Party and also, like man...

Lord Clinton-Davis | 722 c1375 (Link to this contribution) Why does the noble Lord aver that this Bill, if properly considered, could not be implemented in tim...

Lord Tyler | 722 c1375 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I follow the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, with some trepidation because he always speaks with...

Baroness Corston | 722 c1380 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Leader of the House accept that he is wrong in one of the assertions he makes? Ma...

Lord Strathclyde | 722 c1380-1 (Link to this contribution) All of them may not be out of date, but many are. We are going to put that fundamental unfairness ri...

Baroness McDonagh | 722 c1381 (Link to this contribution) I thank all noble Lords who have spoken, and I would like to refer to a couple of the points. I say ...

Lord Strathclyde | 722 c1380 (Link to this contribution) No, please—I did not want to tempt the noble Baroness to her feet for more outrage. Noble Lords opp...

Lord Strathclyde | 722 c1379-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are in danger of having a rerun of Second Reading: let us not to do that. I thank the n...

Lord Howarth of Newport | 722 c1379 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, effectively accuses this side of the House of procedural...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 722 c1377 (Link to this contribution) Let me make clear our position: we are not supporting the Motion. So perhaps this avuncular chat cou...

Lord Hunt of Wirral | 722 c1377-8 (Link to this contribution) I want to know who is the uncle. All I will say is that we have suddenly begun to embark on a numbe...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 722 c1378 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I take issue with the assumption of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, that the House of Lords is ...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 722 c1378-9 (Link to this contribution) I am surprised that neither the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, nor the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, ref...

Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 722 c1378 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I cannot understand why the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, criticises the Opposition when in fact ...

Subjects

Boundary commissions Constituency size Constituencies Alternative vote Legislative process House of Commons General elections Referendums Parliamentary scrutiny

Legislation

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill 2010-12

Link

View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk