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Debate on bill on Monday, 7 February 2011, in the House of Lords, led by Lord McNally.

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill. Order of consideration motion on amendments for the report stage, agreed to on question. Report stage first day. Amendment to Clause 1: Referendum on the Alternative Vote System agreed to on division (219 votes to 218). Amendment to clause 4: Combination of polls, debated and negatived on division (154 votes to 232). Other amendments made. Debate adjourned.

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725 c13-116 
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2010-12
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Deputy Prime Minister
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Report stage
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c112 (Link to this contribution) 16B: Clause 9, page 6, line 40, leave out from ““preference”” to end of line 41
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c113-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendments 16B, 16C, 16E and 16F are intended to substitute for the optional preference AV...
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Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c114-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Howarth of Newport, would provide that, under ...
Lord Rooker | 725 c115 (Link to this contribution) I am reluctant, but I cannot resist this, because of what happened in Committee. The noble and learn...
Lord McNally | 725 c111-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment removes the power in Clause 8(4) to make a transitional or saving provision...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c112 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the noble Lord, Lord McNally, back to front-line service on this exciting Bill. We have mi...
Lord McNally | 725 c112 (Link to this contribution) Since this is my only opportunity, I thank those on the Labour Benches for sending me a bouquet of c...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c112 (Link to this contribution) And did they find what we hid in it? We genuinely welcome the noble Lord back. He is very popular on...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c116 (Link to this contribution) The simple answer is that I do not know and I would not want to confirm something that I do not know...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c116 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that it is clearly implicit in my amendments that, if people did not use all their...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c116 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, says from a sedentary position that it is right. Be that as i...
Lord Lipsey | 725 c109 (Link to this contribution) 13: Clause 8, page 6, line 23, leave out paragraph (b)
Lord Davies of Stamford | 725 c109 (Link to this contribution) I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 11 withdrawn. Amendment 11A to 12B not moved. Am...
Lord Lipsey | 725 c110 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at an earlier stage on the Bill, I described this as the buckle that linked the AV bit of ...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c108 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord sees things in a mirror glass world and he is entitled to look at them from that pers...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c108-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had another interesting debate on, as the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, indicated, the ...
Baroness Thornton | 725 c108 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not intend to address Amendments 12 or 15. The noble Lord, Lord Elystan-Morgan, spoke...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c110-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these amendments, as the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, has indicated, seek to undermine, even r...
Lord Lipsey | 725 c111 (Link to this contribution) As the Minister was making his remarks the unworthy thought occurred to me that perhaps we should ha...
Lord McNally | 725 c111 (Link to this contribution) 16A: Clause 8, page 6, line 32, leave out from ““that”” to end of line 33 and insert ““subsection, b...
Lord Lipsey | 725 c106 (Link to this contribution) I understand why those on the Lib Dem Benches do not rise to their feet to dispute the amendments. B...
Lord Grocott | 725 c104-6 (Link to this contribution) I am quite hurt. I have brought forward an amendment that precisely meets the noble Lord’s objection...
Lord Tyler | 725 c104 (Link to this contribution) The penny dropped a long time ago—many hours ago. The noble Lord, Lord Grocott, is wrong about the a...
Lord Grocott | 725 c103-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment is one of a group. Now that the amendment has been moved, I assume that we ...
Lord Skelmersdale | 725 c103 (Link to this contribution) No, my Lords. That is not on. Amendment proposed: in page 6, line 21, leave out paragraph (a) and in...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c107-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may say a word about Amendment 14 in the name of my noble friend Lady Hayter of ...
Lord Tyler | 725 c108 (Link to this contribution) Is the noble Lord really saying that it would be divisive in those circumstances when it is clear th...
Lord Davies of Stamford | 725 c106 (Link to this contribution) I find that my amendment inadvertently has provoked a rather interesting discussion on this matter. ...
Lord Lipsey | 725 c106-7 (Link to this contribution) It is a good point that my noble friend makes. The answer to it is that that is why I want a pre-leg...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 725 c102 (Link to this contribution) It is customary, when a noble Lord accuses another Member of the House of being ignorant, to give th...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c102 (Link to this contribution) I apologise. I was keen to find out the position of the Government in relation to this. What the Chi...
Lord Skelmersdale | 725 c102 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it might be helpful to the House if I remind noble Lords that we are on Report.
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c102 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the vote took place only a few hours ago and the Government are still to consider how they...
Lord Davies of Stamford | 725 c102 (Link to this contribution) 11: Clause 8, page 6, line 21, leave out paragraph (a) and insert— ““( ) over one third of those eli...
Lord Davies of Stamford | 725 c103 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment has been very happily and felicitously overtaken by the House’s decision to...
Lord Skelmersdale | 725 c103 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Woolsack is confused. Amendment proposed—
Lord Rooker | 725 c100-1 (Link to this contribution) In that case, I will move it, but obviously I will not press it. I fully accept that this must be br...
Lord Skelmersdale | 725 c100 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, either an amendment is moved or it is not. If it is not moved, the phrase is ““not moved””...
Lord Rooker | 725 c100 (Link to this contribution) I am happy not to move the amendment.
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c100 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, while I note that the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, has moved the amendment formally, we discus...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c101 (Link to this contribution) My understanding when I was a Minister was that, when an amendment was carried, the Government would...
Lord Skelmersdale | 725 c101 (Link to this contribution) Amendment re-moved: "““Page 6, line 19, leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘may’””."
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c101 (Link to this contribution) The amendment is re-moved but not removed—yet. I fully accept the spirit in which the noble Lord, Lo...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 725 c101 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may assist the House from my memory of our long period in opposition, when the n...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c101 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am entirely unclear what the difference is. Amendment A1 states: "““If less than 40% of ...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c95-6 (Link to this contribution) I can only confirm the factual position. I fully take the point that the noble and learned Lord has ...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c96 (Link to this contribution) Is the noble and learned Lord saying that, if one of the purposes of a political party’s broadcast—t...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c97 (Link to this contribution) What I said was that, as I understand it, under Section 127, any broadcast whose purpose or main pur...
Lord Rooker | 725 c100 (Link to this contribution) 10B: Clause 8, page 6, line 19, leave out ““must”” and insert ““may””
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c99-100 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that the noble Lord, Lord McNally, is here and has recovered. He will remember what I said...
Lord Rooker | 725 c100 (Link to this contribution) I wish to move the amendment formally because it was connected to the earlier Amendment A1. I beg to...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c98 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for the way in which he presents a very tricky and complex issue. I ...
Lord Soley | 725 c98 (Link to this contribution) I was trying not to intervene but I have to do so in view of what the Minister has just said. The ty...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c98-9 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend makes a fair point. The last thing any political party wants is to find that, after ...
Lord Tyler | 725 c98 (Link to this contribution) I have had experience of this matter. Is not the reality that anyone preparing a broadcast will alwa...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 725 c76 (Link to this contribution) I have received the Minister’s response with mixed feelings. He prays in aid Lord Gould—it was the n...
Lord Martin of Springburn | 725 c76 (Link to this contribution) The person I referred to was not the noble Lord, Lord Gould; he was a Canadian gentleman. He certain...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c95 (Link to this contribution) What on earth is the point of sending me a letter, which I have not had a chance to consider, that a...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c95 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these are important amendments. I immediately take the point made by the noble and learned...
Lord Soley | 725 c94-5 (Link to this contribution) I support my noble friend on Amendments 8 and 9; they are important. I do not want to spend time on ...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c92-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendments 8 and 9 are in my name and the name of my noble friend Lord Bach. Clause 5 refe...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c92 (Link to this contribution) 8: Clause 5, page 4, line 7, after ““a”” insert ““referendum campaign””
Lord Rooker | 725 c77 (Link to this contribution) 7B: Clause 4, page 3, line 31, at end insert— ““(8A) Where a day is appointed by an order under sect...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 725 c76 (Link to this contribution) I have a noble friend Lord Gould, whom I absolve of any responsibility for this. Mr Gould, the Cana...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 725 c71-2 (Link to this contribution) That question was raised on a previous occasion in Committee. The Minister—I think it was the noble ...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 725 c71 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I have misunderstood this. Obviously the noble Lord has studied it more carefully than I hav...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 725 c72 (Link to this contribution) I return to the point about people putting ballot papers in the wrong boxes. Surely it is not beyond...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 725 c67 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Leader of the House has attempted to justify this combination and has tried to respond...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c66-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, noble Lords opposite have expressed a clear and consistent view about combining these elec...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 725 c70-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I move this revised amendment in substitution for the original Amendment 5F. I thank the C...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 725 c70 (Link to this contribution) 5F: Clause 4, page 2, line 40, at end insert— ““, but the count for the Scottish parliamentary gener...
Lord Dubs | 725 c64 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lord Knight and others have indicated clearly why it is not appropriate to...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c65 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand the current position to be as follows. The AV referendum can, but does not ha...
Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke | 725 c64-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendments of my noble friends, but I also ask a specific question of the Le...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c75-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, different bodies have said different things on different occasions. We are entirely happy ...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c74-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is useful to have had this short debate on this subject and I hope that what I say will...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c74 (Link to this contribution) We support the principle behind these amendments, which is for the AV count to take place after thos...
Lord Kilclooney | 725 c74 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, earlier I raised the concerns that exist in Northern Ireland. I can understand the concern...
Lord Martin of Springburn | 725 c73-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was interested to hear the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, say that he did not kowtow to the p...
Lord Lipsey | 725 c72 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my Amendment 35 in this group has much the same purpose, namely to deal with the worries t...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 725 c72 (Link to this contribution) No. In England, Northern Ireland and Wales, the sequence is that the AV count will follow. The seque...
Lord Kilclooney | 725 c72 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the count for the Scottish Parliament gets priority over the count for AV, does that me...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 725 c72 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the noble Lord. I was going to say ““my noble friend””: that is the way things are goin...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 725 c55 (Link to this contribution) I can give the noble Lord a very honest answer. It is because I, like many people in the Labour Part...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 725 c50-2 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend might ask, ““What’s wrong?””, and there may well be people in the Labour Party all o...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 725 c52 (Link to this contribution) That was a very powerful speech by my noble friend Lord Campbell-Savours. He certainly does his home...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 725 c52 (Link to this contribution) Or just one, which my noble friend Lord Grocott and I would prefer. Yet again last week, in spite of...
Lord Bach | 725 c53-4 (Link to this contribution) I understand that the supplementary vote system is used in mayoral elections. Indeed, on 5 May, ther...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 725 c54 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, said that the Government believe t...
Lord Tyler | 725 c54 (Link to this contribution) If the supplementary vote is so persuasive and so self-evidently the best system, how was it that th...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c55 (Link to this contribution) 3: Clause 2, page 2, line 9, after ““constituency,”” insert— ““( ) the persons who, on the date of t...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c55-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lady Hayter of Kentish Town is unable to be in the Chamber this afternoon....
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c58 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House is a hard man to cut any ice with, as he has shown consistently throughout p...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 725 c58 (Link to this contribution) 5: Clause 4, page 2, line 32, leave out subsection (1)
Lord Dubs | 725 c56-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to the amendment in my name, Amendment 4, which is on a somewhat different i...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c57-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to both noble Lords who have spoken, and I wholly understand why the noble Baroness co...
Lord Touhig | 725 c62-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, briefly, my Amendment 5B would leave out subsection (2) and prevent the AV referendum bein...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 725 c63-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is almost a reason not to support the amendment to which my noble friend Lord Touhig ...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 725 c58-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 5, in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Boateng, seeks to remove subsecti...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c60-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with my noble friend Lord Knight of Weymouth. The issue at the referendum is simpl...
Lord Davies of Stamford | 725 c45 (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend leaves the disadvantages of proportional representation in any form, does he ...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c44-5 (Link to this contribution) It must be wise to learn from the experience of other countries that have been ahead of us in consid...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c45 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with my noble friend that these are further defects, which condemn us to a perpetui...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 725 c40-2 (Link to this contribution) This amendment would amend the referendum question to read, ““At present, the UK uses the ‘first pas...
Viscount Ullswater | 725 c42 (Link to this contribution) I must advise your Lordships that if Amendment 1A is agreed to, I will not be able to call Amendment...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c42-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 2A is in my name and was grouped with Amendment 3 in the name of my noble friend...
Lord Rooker | 725 c44 (Link to this contribution) Although I am not going to move anything, I shall use my notes. When the New Zealand Electoral Commi...
Lord Kilclooney | 725 c39 (Link to this contribution) We now know the order of priority in Scotland, but the situation in Northern Ireland is getting more...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c39-40 (Link to this contribution) When we debate Amendment 5F, I will be able to give a clear answer to that. I do not wish to hazard ...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 725 c40 (Link to this contribution) 1A: Clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 10 and 11 and insert— ““Should that system be changed and a di...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 725 c49-50 (Link to this contribution) I had hoped to speak at some length on this amendment on Report but understand that agreements have ...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 725 c48-9 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can apologise for the somewhat staccato nature of presenting my amendment because I was ca...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 725 c49 (Link to this contribution) 2: Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out ““““alternative”” and insert ““““supplementary””
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c47 (Link to this contribution) Is it not a grievance to the Conservative Party that it can win more votes across the country, parti...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c47-8 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord invited me to look to the best interests of the Liberal Democrats. I would not tread ...
Lord Neill of Bladen | 725 c46 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister answers that question, I must confess to being slightly baffled by where we are ...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c47 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, has, as the noble Lord, Lord Neill of Bladen, has indicated, ...
Lord Newton of Braintree | 725 c45-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not particularly want to follow the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Howarth of Newpor...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c46 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at the heart of the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord Campbell-Savours is the ...
Lord Rooker | 725 c27 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 10B should have been linked to this.
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c27 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, for tabling his amendment and for allowing the House to have an...
Lord Lamont of Lerwick | 725 c29 (Link to this contribution) If that argument is correct, why does it not also apply to general elections and constituency votes,...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c27-9 (Link to this contribution) That is helpful. Originally it was linked and it seems to have been delinked. The amendment would ch...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c29 (Link to this contribution) Is it not also right that it was an automatic no when the level was not reached in 1978, which is no...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c29 (Link to this contribution) There is a difference because the 40 per cent related to something different. I am not entirely sure...
Lord Lamont of Lerwick | 725 c29 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is in favour of moving to an electoral system in which a simple majority is not enoug...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) There are different types of voting system and there will be later amendments with regard to them. T...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 725 c30 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister really think that on 5 May, when we have a Scottish parliamentary election, a Wels...
Lord Elystan-Morgan | 725 c22-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have, for my sins, tabled Amendments 11 and 15 in relation to a 40 per cent threshold, b...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 725 c22 (Link to this contribution) Like my noble friend Lord Blackwell, I have been a loyal supporter of the Government throughout this...
Lord Alderdice | 725 c21-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for his intervention. However, I am sure he will not go back to Scot...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c24-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is an important amendment, which goes to the legitimacy of any change to the voting s...
Lord Tyler | 725 c25 (Link to this contribution) Will the noble and learned Lord explain one point to me? His colleague in the other place, Mr Christ...
Lord Tyler | 725 c24 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the noble Lord accept that in those circumstances an abstention counts as a no vote a...
Lord Elystan-Morgan | 725 c24 (Link to this contribution) I readily accept that an abstention can count as a no vote. Whether it would in most cases, with gre...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c26 (Link to this contribution) I do so for two reasons. First, if one reads Mr Bryant’s speech, one sees that he made it clear that...
Lord Rennard | 725 c26 (Link to this contribution) Is the noble and learned Lord suggesting that it would be open to Parliament in that event to reject...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 725 c38 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can my noble friend comment on the concern expressed north of the border about the coincid...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, for moving the amendment, as he said, on behalf of th...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c38-9 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, has an amendment later that will give us an opportunity to discuss the...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c37 (Link to this contribution) First, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Rooker, who knows the mood of the House much better than ...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 725 c39 (Link to this contribution) I do not wish to detain my noble friend. I understand what he said in Committee, namely that the cou...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c39 (Link to this contribution) I will add that they should also be delivered accurately. Therefore, this is a matter for the return...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 725 c39 (Link to this contribution) For once, I agree 100 per cent with the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth—the noble Lord, Lord Baker, looks v...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c39 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we will return to this issue when we debate Amendment 5F. I look forward to the contributi...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c31 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, and I do not think that that takes away from the point. As the evidence in paragraph 193 of ...
Lord Sewel | 725 c31 (Link to this contribution) I do confirm that. I also confirm that that was an advisory referendum.
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) I know that, but I think that the figure that I have seen is 84 per cent. It is recognised that Lond...
Lord Dubs | 725 c30 (Link to this contribution) I only wanted to say that London did not have elections, which is surely crucial.
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c30 (Link to this contribution) It would be rash to predict the turnout, but I think I am right in saying that 84 per cent of the Un...
Lord Rooker | 725 c37 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment A2, I wish to speak also to Amendment 7B, which I shall move later. In...
Lord Rooker | 725 c33 (Link to this contribution) I said that they were a back-up. I do not speak for anyone else. If this amendment were carried, vir...
Lord Rooker | 725 c36-7 (Link to this contribution) A2: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert— ““(2A) The referendum is to be held on 5 May 2011 unles...
Lord Rooker | 725 c31-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I did not expect words that I used as a Minister from that Box to be thrown back at me dur...
Lord Alderdice | 725 c33 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. It seems to me, and I am grateful to him for it, tha...
Lord McNally | 725 c13 (Link to this contribution) Moved by That the Report be now received.
Lord McNally | 725 c13 (Link to this contribution) Moved by That the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following or...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c13-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as we begin Report on the Bill, we believe that it is important that the House is updated ...
Baroness D'Souza | 725 c14-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, last week an amendment on public inquiries was tabled from the Cross Benches as a possible...
Lord Blackwell | 725 c16-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have been a loyal supporter of the Government on this Bill but I confess that this is on...
Lord Rooker | 725 c16 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is best if I briefly state what this amendment does not do. It does not prevent the ref...
Lord Rooker | 725 c15-6 (Link to this contribution) A1: Clause 1, page 1, line 5, at end insert— ““( ) If less than 40% of the electorate vote in the re...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c15 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank both noble Lords who have spoken in a most constructive way. I agreed with the nob...
Lord Alderdice | 725 c20-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think it is only right for me to pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, who was reg...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c19-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is one of the most important issues before us on Report on Part 1 of the Bill. The am...
Lord Anderson of Swansea | 725 c17-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my starting point is clear and I think has widespread acceptance throughout the House—name...
Lord Reid of Cardowan | 725 c21 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for that. His argument would carry immense weight if not for the simple fact ...
Lord Rooker | 725 c102 (Link to this contribution) I do. I do not want to fall out with my noble and learned friend but I accept the distinction that t...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 725 c75 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I am mistaken, but did not the Gould report also recommend that we should not combine refere...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c54 (Link to this contribution) I think the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, helped to devise the system for mayoral elections tha...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c27 (Link to this contribution) The position would be exactly the same as it was in relation to the Scotland Act, where a massive ma...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c110 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my name is on this amendment as well. To slightly increase the excruciation for the noble ...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c52-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, has moved an amendment which would change the refer...
Subjects
Constituency size Alternative vote Broadcasting Age Australia Elections Eligibility Expenditure Electoral Commission General elections Local government Northern Ireland Scotland Voting methods Young people Wales Scottish Parliament Single transferable vote Party political broadcasts Mayors
Legislation
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill 2010-12
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