Public Expenditure: Members of Parliament
Lord Boston of Faversham Excerpts
Tuesday 26th October 2010
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Lord Boston of Faversham
My Lords, does the Minister agree that the cost of reducing membership of the House of Commons by any number would be worth paying? Does he also agree that the cost of providing 300 directly elected Members of your Lordships’ House would not be worth paying?
Lord McNally
These are judgments that Parliament will make in due course. The argument for reducing to 600 has been well discussed at the other end of the Corridor and has been moving with all due speed. We will shortly have the opportunity to debate these issues ourselves.