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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Debate between Albert Owen and Nick Clegg
Tuesday 2nd November 2010

(14 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Albert Owen Portrait Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab)
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My right hon. Friend mentioned the Government of Wales Act 1998, which specified, subject to a referendum, that there would be no reduction in the number of Welsh seats until primary powers were devolved.

Albert Owen Portrait Albert Owen
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But that was the settlement given to the Welsh people, and the Deputy Prime Minister is driving a coach and horses through it with his Bill.