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Debate on bill on Wednesday, 9 February 2011, in the House of Lords.

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill. Lords report stage (third day). Clause 11 amendments considered. Amendment 22D agreed on division (275 to 257), amendments 27A, C and D, 28A agreed. Amendments to Schedule 1 considered. Schedule 2 amendments 34A-C agreed. Amendments to schedules 3-7 and 10 agreed. New schedule (Public hearings about Boundary Commission proposals) agreed. Bill as amended, ordered to be printed (HL Bill 47 2010-12)

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725 c230-309, c331-46 
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2010-12
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Lord Strathclyde | 725 c341-3 (Link to this contribution) 34D: Schedule 3, page 80, line 17, at end insert— 34E: Schedule 3, page 80, line 23, after ““1”” i...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c341 (Link to this contribution) 34B: Schedule 2, page 35, line 30, after ““entry”” insert ““1A,”” 34C: Schedule 2, page 35, line 3...
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Lord Strathclyde | 725 c343-4 (Link to this contribution) 36: Schedule 7, page 235, line 26, after ““entry”” insert ““1A,”” 37: Schedule 7, page 235, line 3...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c344 (Link to this contribution) 38: Schedule 10, page 304, line 24, at end insert— ““Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 In Schedu...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c343 (Link to this contribution) 34AU: Schedule 5, page 159, line 6, after ““entry”” insert ““1A,”” 34AV: Schedule 5, page 159, lin...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c343 (Link to this contribution) 34AW: Schedule 6, page 194, line 26, after ““entry”” insert ““1A,”” 34AX: Schedule 6, page 194, li...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c344 (Link to this contribution) I cannot resist, because I know that it would be helpful to the noble and learned Lord if I tell him...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c344 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a small and technical amendment dealing with the definition of a qualifying party....
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c344 (Link to this contribution) The obvious question is, ““What are these for?””, but it is just too late at night to ask that—so do...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c344-6 (Link to this contribution) 39: After Schedule 10, insert the following new Schedule- "Schedule Section 12 Public hearings abou...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c346 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move. Amendments 40 to 68 (to Amendment 39) not moved. Amendment 39 agreed.
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c337 (Link to this contribution) The Electoral Commission and the chief counting officer ultimately have responsibility for the smoot...
Lord Lipsey | 725 c338 (Link to this contribution) I have enjoyed the contribution of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace, to our proceedings and ...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c336-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, for returning to this important issue in his amendment. Many of...
Lord Sentamu | 725 c337 (Link to this contribution) The amendment simply refers to taking measures to ensure that all those wishing to vote and arriving...
Lord Bach | 725 c336 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the noble Lord, as always—and the Electoral Commission must be even more grate...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 725 c339 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble and learned friend. I assume that there was a clear implication in that—
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c339 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the manuscript amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Phillips of Sudbury, comes under th...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c339 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Phillips of Sudbury for tabling the amendment. He gave a hist...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 725 c338 (Link to this contribution) 34ZA: Schedule 1, page 21, line 13, at end insert— ““( ) The Chief Counting Officer must take whatev...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 725 c338-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope to deal with this amendment quickly. It is a modest and practical amendment, and it...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 725 c340 (Link to this contribution) I hope that there was a clear implication that my noble and learned friend accepts the nub of the am...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c340 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Phillips, for making two loud noises from a sedentary position, ...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c340 (Link to this contribution) If it helps, I very much hope to be able to come back with a very positive response to my noble frie...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c340 (Link to this contribution) 34A: Schedule 2, page 35, line 27, after ““entry”” insert ““1A,””
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c340 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a series of government amendments to deal with the issue of postal and proxy votin...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c340 (Link to this contribution) I am slightly at a loss. Roughly, in a sentence or two, what are they doing and why are they being d...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c340-1 (Link to this contribution) I spoke in one sentence, and I thought that I was the object of clarity. Why are we doing it at Repo...
Lord Tyler | 725 c336 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the noble Lord also saw that the Electoral Commission, in its advice to your Lordships' Hous...
Lord Bach | 725 c336 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lord Lipsey raises an interesting couple of points in the amendments. They...
Lord Sentamu | 725 c335-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the incident referred to by the noble Lord happened in my province, Sheffield. Had that ha...
Lord Lipsey | 725 c334-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this follows an amendment that I moved in Committee, which included the general duty on th...
Lord Lipsey | 725 c334 (Link to this contribution) 33: Schedule 1, page 21, line 9, at end insert— ““( ) These steps shall include measures to ensure t...
Lord Low of Dalston | 725 c334 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for his response and all other noble Lords who spoke so warmly in support of ...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c333-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Low, for the way in which he introduced his amendment and referred to t...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c333 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Low of Dalston. It is th...
Lord Sentamu | 725 c333 (Link to this contribution) I, too, support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Low. I hope that when we talk about functions ...
Lord Bach | 725 c333 (Link to this contribution) We on this side support very much the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Low. We hope that the Gover...
Lord Low of Dalston | 725 c331 (Link to this contribution) 31ZA: Schedule 1, page 19, line 26, at end insert— ““( ) directions about the discharge of their fun...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 725 c306 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had no intention of pressing the amendment to a vote tonight, but I have to tell my nobl...
Lord Low of Dalston | 725 c332-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 31ZA and shall speak briefly to Amendment 31ZB, which is also in ...
Lord McNally | 725 c304-6 (Link to this contribution) More and more, the noble and learned Lord reassures me that he was in the MoJ and not the Treasury. ...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c304 (Link to this contribution) I completely accept that and I completely accept that £168,000 could not possibly be the costs that ...
Lord McNally | 725 c306 (Link to this contribution) As such an experienced parliamentarian, the noble Lord knows darn well that I could not possibly giv...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 725 c306 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give us an assurance that the Government will give the Chope Bill time on the Floo...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c303 (Link to this contribution) I do not know what number that was. It was perhaps 30 at the most, so that would make the Prime Mini...
Baroness O'Cathain | 725 c301 (Link to this contribution) First, I support my noble friend Lord Forsyth on the basis of the reputation of this House, which wi...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c300-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with every word that the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, said. The coalition appears to ...
Lord Grocott | 725 c300 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I simply want to say a couple of words on this because I suggested an amendment in Committ...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 725 c297-300 (Link to this contribution) I think that the import of my amendments is perfectly clear and very simple, and I appreciate that n...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c302-3 (Link to this contribution) I am using the figures that the noble Lord, Lord Brabazon of Tara, gave. The noble Baroness may well...
Baroness O'Cathain | 725 c302 (Link to this contribution) That figure surely includes items such as building works, security and maintenance. The fact that we...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c301-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I believe that this is a significant amendment and that the speech that the noble Lord, Lo...
Lord Low of Dalston | 725 c301 (Link to this contribution) From the Cross Benches, I must say that that was an absolutely marvellous speech from the noble Lord...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 725 c297 (Link to this contribution) 30A: Clause 18, page 15, line 34, at end insert— ““( ) Section 11 shall not come into force until le...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c296-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is force in what the noble Lord says about the rejection yesterday of the amendments...
Lord McNally | 725 c296 (Link to this contribution) As I have said before, many of the dynamics of this, and much of the cynicism from the Opposition, w...
Lord Williamson of Horton | 725 c294-5 (Link to this contribution) In this case, as in many others, timing—in particular, the timing of this review—is the principal qu...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c294 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the government amendment inserts the creation of a committee to review whether the decreas...
Lord McNally | 725 c295 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the contribution of the noble Lord, Lord Williamson. I have noticed as t...
Lord Grocott | 725 c295 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would be grateful if the noble Lord, Lord McNally, would respond on just one point of fa...
Lord McNally | 725 c254-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, although in better health than the last time I spoke, I am not sure that I will be able to...
Lord Lipsey | 725 c254 (Link to this contribution) 24: Clause 11, page 11, line 5, at end insert— ““( ) a constituency named Brecon and Radnor, compris...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 725 c254 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank those who have spoken in the debate; I am grateful to them for what they said. Eve...
Lord McNally | 725 c254 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, although in better health than the last time I spoke on the amendment, I am not sure that ...
Lord Lipsey | 725 c254 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we had a very good debate on the case for keeping the constituency of Brecon and Radnor on...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 725 c252-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support my noble friend Lord Brooke and reiterate my thanks to the noble and learn...
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 725 c252 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise briefly to support this amendment, as I did on the previous occasion. The City of L...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c253 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Brooke for tabling the amendment and the other noble Lords, i...
Lord Bach | 725 c253 (Link to this contribution) We on the opposition Front Bench also support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Brooke. We hope ...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 725 c251 (Link to this contribution) 22E: Clause 11, page 10, line 37, at end insert— ““Special authorities (1) The geographical area of ...
Lord Pannick | 725 c246-51 (Link to this contribution) I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this important debate. I particularly thank the noble and...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c242 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had a very good and a very short debate. I support entirely the amendment moved by...
Lord Rennard | 725 c241 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think I was briefly clearing up the issue, which I have done.
Countess of Mar | 725 c241 (Link to this contribution) The Companion says that noble Lords may make a brief intervention in order to clear up a point. The ...
Lord Rennard | 725 c241 (Link to this contribution) I understood that an intervention on a matter of clarification was allowed. My point is that the cri...
Lord Glentoran | 725 c241 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think noble Lords are allowed to speak only once on Report.
Lord Rennard | 725 c241 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my point about the prospects for potential legal challenges is not relevant to the 5 per c...
Lord Butler of Brockwell | 725 c241 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment allows the Boundary Commission, in very exceptional circumstances, to exerc...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c267-8 (Link to this contribution) 25ZB: Clause 11, page 12, line 13, at end insert— ““(6) The total number of seats to be allocated to...
Lord McAvoy | 725 c267 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, I do not wish the Minister any ill will but I certainly hope that his late auntie and unc...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c268-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have in this group two amendments which relate principally to Wales. The Bill will have...
Lord Newton of Braintree | 725 c260 (Link to this contribution) Briefly, I ask my noble friend why, if this river and estuary are to be written into the law in this...
Lord McNally | 725 c260-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not have any doubt about the passion, sense of identity and pride that my noble frien...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c260 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I fear that I disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Newton of Braintree, and agree with the n...
Lord McAvoy | 725 c266 (Link to this contribution) 25ZA: Clause 11, page 11, line 10, at end insert— ““Rutherglen, Cambuslang and Halfway (1) All parts...
Lord Teverson | 725 c262-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for his reply, but I am deeply disappointed by it. Pe...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c266-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as a coalition Minister, I am more than delighted to reply to the noble Lord’s amendment, ...
Lord McAvoy | 725 c266 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the forlorn hope that, as I have not moved three previous amendments, the House will be...
Lord Williamson of Horton | 725 c259-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, referred to the human factor, and I think that I am actuall...
Lord Berkeley | 725 c259 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is good to follow the noble and learned Baroness from across the water and probably acr...
Lord Teverson | 725 c257-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can perhaps help my noble friend on this one because this amendment is not at all about ...
Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 725 c256 (Link to this contribution) 24A: Clause 11, page 11, line 5, at end insert— ““( ) a constituency named Ynys Môn comprising the w...
Lord Lipsey | 725 c256 (Link to this contribution) The very sheep are baaing their dismay at the words they have just heard in their fields in the Brec...
Lord Teverson | 725 c257 (Link to this contribution) 25: Clause 11, page 11, line 10, at end insert— ““Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (1) All parts of ...
Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 725 c256-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for his response and beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 24A with...
Lord McNally | 725 c256 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is another attempt to except a single constituency; we have already debated a longer ...
Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 725 c256 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will not detain the House long; many distinguished noble Lords will know Wales and the i...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c278 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, will tell me, if I let him intervene, why a vote in Swansea s...
Lord Anderson of Swansea | 725 c278 (Link to this contribution) Because, historically, there has been a Welsh exception and no exception elsewhere. The Minister is ...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c278 (Link to this contribution) The simple answer to that is that there was an exception in respect of Scotland under the 1986 Act. ...
Lord Elystan-Morgan | 725 c279 (Link to this contribution) I greatly respect the integrity and ability of the noble and learned Lord, but his whole argument is...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c278 (Link to this contribution) I do not believe that it is simply mathematical. It relates to the principle of equal value, and one...
Lord Touhig | 725 c278 (Link to this contribution) I understand the point that the Minister is making, but how does he stand that argument up when his ...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c278 (Link to this contribution) That case has been argued, and we have had specific debates on that and an amendment from the noble ...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c279 (Link to this contribution) This is not down simply to mathematics. The principle at the core of this part of the Bill is to ens...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c279 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have rehearsed the arguments before about matters such as turnout, on which, I accept, ...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c279 (Link to this contribution) Even on his own basis—that numerical equality is the only thing that really counts—the Minister is u...
Lord Anderson of Swansea | 725 c274 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was advised by a veteran politician to begin every speech with the word ““finally”” beca...
Lord Elystan-Morgan | 725 c274-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the contribution by the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton, is the only contribution that we have h...
Lord Rowe-Beddoe | 725 c273-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I echo the words of the noble Lord, Lord Kinnock, who touched on some of the points that I...
Lord Morgan | 725 c271-2 (Link to this contribution) I add my support to both amendments because of the extreme unfairness and inequity with which Wales ...
Lord Kinnock | 725 c273 (Link to this contribution) Contrary to the fears expressed by some noble Lords in our previous debate, the reduction by 25 per ...
Lord Touhig | 725 c269-71 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 25ZB in the names of my noble and learned friend Lord Falconer...
Lord Morris of Aberavon | 725 c271 (Link to this contribution) I support the speech made by my noble and learned friend Lord Falconer of Thoroton. I also spoke on ...
Lord Kilclooney | 725 c276 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I express my support for this amendment. The three nations within the union that will be m...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c276-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it has been evident from the good debate that we have had that this group of amendments lo...
Lord Morgan | 725 c278 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for interrupting the Minister, but may I point out that every single argument that he ha...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c285-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my Amendment 27FA would insert a new clause after Clause 11, and after the new clause inse...
Lord Tyler | 725 c286 (Link to this contribution) Given that the Government have appointed a number of Labour Members to perform particular tasks, doe...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c286 (Link to this contribution) I entirely deprecate this tendency and I am delighted that the noble Lord has drawn our attention to...
Lord Boateng | 725 c287 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, patronage has oiled the wheels of the Palace of Westminster since time immemorial, and we ...
Lord McNally | 725 c287-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the debate has been dominated by realism and cynicism: realism from the noble Lord, Lord B...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 725 c288 (Link to this contribution) Is the problem not that only a fixed number of Ministers is allowed, and as a result many Ministers ...
Lord McNally | 725 c288-9 (Link to this contribution) That is a very valid point that could be looked at. Successive Governments have relied on the goodwi...
Lord McNally | 725 c292-3 (Link to this contribution) 28A: After Clause 13, insert the following new Clause— ““Review of reduction in number of constituen...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c289-92 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord McNally, has the respect of the whole House. However, with regard to the two ar...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c294 (Link to this contribution) 28B: After Clause 13, line 4, after ““the”” insert ““anticipated””
Lord Morris of Aberavon | 725 c280 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister put on one side this dogmatic reliance upon simple arithmetic? Why, over decades, ...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c280 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would passionately defend a united kingdom, but I do not honestly believe that it is doi...
Lord Kinnock | 725 c279 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister accept that he can offer what we could call the Swansea-Aberdeen question in the f...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c279-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had many debates on the size of the other place, and I think that we voted on it y...
Lord McNally | 725 c284 (Link to this contribution) 27C: Clause 11, page 12, line 32, leave out ““and county boroughs”” and insert ““, county boroughs, ...
Lord McNally | 725 c284 (Link to this contribution) 27D: Clause 11, page 12, line 33, leave out from first ““of”” to ““, and”” in line 35 and insert ““l...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c280-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble and learned Lord said, ““I have not heard why Wales should be treated differe...
Lord McNally | 725 c283-4 (Link to this contribution) 27A: Clause 11, page 12, line 28, leave out from ““of”” to end of line 31 and insert ““counties and ...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c284-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is about the size of the Executive. The effect of this amendment would be to reduce t...
Lord Maples | 725 c236-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, hope that the House will reject this amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Pannick, move...
Baroness Butler-Sloss | 725 c237-8 (Link to this contribution) I should like to make it clear to the House that I speak as an individual and support what the noble...
Lord King of Bridgwater | 725 c236 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful and, of course, I entirely accept what the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, says. T...
Lord Armstrong of Ilminster | 725 c240-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, once upon a time there was a man called Procrustes. He made a very beautiful bed, and he l...
Lord Elton | 725 c240 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before we come to a conclusion, there is something about which I need to remind myself and...
Lord Campbell of Alloway | 725 c240 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, may I take up the point which I made yesterday? It is really for the Boundary Commission, ...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 725 c239-40 (Link to this contribution) Would it be unfair to ask the noble and learned Lord to utilise his vast experience of judging to co...
Lord Scott of Foscote | 725 c240 (Link to this contribution) A competent lawyer will give an opinion on that after he knows the facts. The notion that the consti...
Lord Rennard | 725 c238-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to address individual consciences on this matter. I do so having reflected on yeste...
Lord Scott of Foscote | 725 c239 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise simply to say a word about the possible effect of litigation on the timetable propo...
Lord King of Bridgwater | 725 c235 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that that is not true because I know that I can talk to the Cross-Benchers, many of whom—
Lord King of Bridgwater | 725 c235 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may just finish my sentence. I have had the pleasure of working with many Cross-Benchers o...
Lord Pannick | 725 c235 (Link to this contribution) I reassure the noble Lord that there is no Cross-Bench position on this. Each Cross-Bencher who has ...
Lord Williamson of Horton | 725 c233-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my name is also on the amendment, so ably presented by my noble friend in moving it, and I...
Lord King of Bridgwater | 725 c234-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may make a wholly reasonable response to noble Lords, Lord Pannick and Lord Will...
Lord Pannick | 725 c230 (Link to this contribution) 22D: Clause 11, page 10, line 37, at end insert— ““Exceptional circumstances 5A If, but only if, a B...
Lord Pannick | 725 c230-3 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 22D stands in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Williamson of Horton and Lord Arm...
Lord Strathclyde | 725 c343 (Link to this contribution) 34T: Schedule 3, page 83, line 9, at end insert— ““( ) in relation to a principal who is included in...
Lord Trimble | 725 c303 (Link to this contribution) Steady on. A large chunk of that was the nominations that he inherited from the outgoing Prime Minis...
Lord McNally | 725 c304 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions. Perhaps I should put the statist...
Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 725 c242-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, for his amendment. I also thank all thos...
Baroness Butler-Sloss | 725 c259 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as a Cross-Bencher, I wonder whether I might be permitted to say something as someone who ...
Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 725 c274 (Link to this contribution) I say to the noble Lord, Lord Rowe-Beddoe, that the union is threatened, and has been for some time,...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 725 c251-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I last moved this amendment, prior to withdrawal, in Committee last month in the small hou...
Lord McNally | 725 c293-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 28A provides for a committee to carry out a review investigating the impact of t...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 725 c284 (Link to this contribution) 27F: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause— ““Variation in limit of number of holders of ...
Subjects
Access Disability Boundary commissions Constituency size Constituencies Alternative vote Administration Absent voting Cornwall Inquiries Isles of Scilly Referendums Ministers Polling stations Reviews Ynys Môn South Lanarkshire Brecon and Radnorshire
Legislation
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill 2010-12
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