House of Lords: Regional Representativeness Debate
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
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House of Lords: Regional Representativeness
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The Lord Privy Seal (Lord True) (Con)
My Lords, there is plenty of time; I think we can hear from the noble Baroness from the Greens, and then from the Labour Party.
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP)
Greens are very good at geographical representation, and when we have 13% in the polls—as apparently we do this week —perhaps we ought to have more representation here in your Lordships’ House. Obviously, if there were more Greens, your Lordships would hear less from the two Greens that you have already. Is that not a win-win?
Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con)
I have to say that I often agree with the noble Baroness opposite, and I agree with her that less is often more. I am very glad that we have two members of the Green Party in this House, because diversity of thought as well as of other aspects is very important to intelligent debate and scrutiny of legislation, in committees and on SIs, and to everything else that we do painstakingly every day.