All 1 Debates between Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb and Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury

Mon 28th Mar 2022
Elections Bill
Lords Chamber

Lords Hansard - Part 1 & Committee stage: Part 1

Elections Bill

Debate between Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb and Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury
Lords Hansard - Part 1 & Committee stage
Monday 28th March 2022

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Portrait Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP)
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My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, has just informed me that MPs are paid during Prorogation. So even when they vote in a general election, they are in fact still being paid as MPs.

Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury Portrait Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury (Con)
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I just want to say to my noble friend Lord Cormack that, if a Member of Parliament is in a constituency that they do not represent but is on the register, they can vote for that constituency in a by-election even though they are still an MP.