Parliamentary Constituencies Bill
Debate between Lord Blencathra and Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Report stage
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Report stage (Hansard)
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Report stage (Hansard): House of Lords
Thursday 8th October 2020
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Thursday 8th October 2020
(4 years, 1 month ago)
Lords ChamberRead Full debate Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 View all Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 Debates Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts Amendment Paper: HL Bill 126-R-I Marshalled list for Report - (5 Oct 2020)
The Deputy Speaker (Baroness Finlay of Llandaff) (CB)
I have received a request from the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, to ask a short question for elucidation.
Lord Blencathra (Con)
My Lords, this is not a question as such. I want to commend my noble friend Lord Hayward for mentioning the 1983 Boundary Commission review, which I intended to mention but clean forgot. That was implemented by the late, great Viscount Whitelaw of Penrith. He did it, even though it added large swathes of Lib Dem-held wards to his own constituency. In the by-election which followed his elevation to this place, I almost lost the seat because of that. As usual, Willie did the right thing. The Government are doing the right thing now and I commend them.
The Deputy Speaker (Baroness Finlay of Llandaff) (CB)
Does the Minister wish to respond?