Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Debate between Lord Snape and Lord Harris of Haringey

Monday 17th January 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord Harris of Haringey]

It is interesting that the noble Baroness suggests that. When I looked in more detail at the combinations of prime numbers, I was going to say that perhaps the figure of 600 was chosen because it was a round number and that it would be very different from choosing 666, which is the mark of the beast, which no doubt noble Lords opposite would not have wished to use.

[Lord Snape]

As the mover of the next amendment, let me just assure my noble friend that there will be no fancy mathematics from me.