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Maclennan of Rogart, Lord
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My Lords, is it not inherently unfair that one of the participants in the electoral race, namely the Prime Minister, should be responsible for firing—or, as the case may be, not firing—the starting gun?
My Lords, is it not inherently unfair that one of the participants in the electoral race, namely the Prime Minister, should be responsible for firing—or, as the case may be, not firing—the starting gun?
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Lord Maclennan of Rogart
(Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
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22 October 2007
My Lords, if one is the Prime Minister, one is the Prime Minister, and alongside that role goes the ability to call an election at an appropriate moment. If the noble Lord’s party were in power, it would have that opportunity too.
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House of Commons; General elections; Dissolution; Prime Minister; Powers; Parliamentary scrutiny
Date
22 October 2007
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695 c853
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