Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill Debate

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Department: Wales Office

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Lord Campbell-Savours Excerpts
Monday 7th February 2011

(13 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Wallace of Tankerness Portrait Lord Wallace of Tankerness
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The simple answer is that I do not know and I would not want to confirm something that I do not know.

Lord Campbell-Savours Portrait Lord Campbell-Savours
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The answer is yes.

Lord Wallace of Tankerness Portrait Lord Wallace of Tankerness
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The noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, says from a sedentary position that it is right. Be that as it may, the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, prefaced his remarks by saying that he did not support the compulsory system and preferred the optional preferential system. If we believe that that is a better system than the compulsory system, I think that that is what we should stick with. If it is the case that there is not another national legislature that does it, so be it—we are devising a system for the House of Commons.