Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Lord Glentoran Excerpts

Wednesday 9th February 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord Rennard]

My Lords, my point about the prospects for potential legal challenges is not relevant to the 5 per cent or 10 per cent consideration. It is purely about the existing Boundary Commission criteria as in the five previous general reviews undertaken by the Boundary Commissions.

[Lord Glentoran]

My Lords, I think noble Lords are allowed to speak only once on Report.

[Lord Rennard]

I understood that an intervention on a matter of clarification was allowed. My point is that the criteria of the Boundary Commissions are clearly established and therefore not likely to be subject to future legal challenge. Interestingly, the amendment contains wholly new criteria regarding viable constituencies and considerations of a wholly exceptional nature.