Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Debate between Lord Elton and Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke

Wednesday 19th January 2011 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke]

My noble friend makes an important point. These are extremely technical parts of the Bill and they are areas of debate where we should not be at odds. We should be working together to try to find a route that resolves an issue that has troubled all political parties for many years. I cannot see what the problem is with decoupling the first part of the Bill. Let us get the pressure of time out of the way and try to get this right.

[Lord Elton]

We are addressing a particular amendment and the noble Lord is asking the Committee to talk about the procedure for the whole Bill. We should decide the amendment before we go on to talk about the procedure.