Overseas Electors Bill Debate

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Overseas Electors Bill

Eddie Hughes Excerpts
Friday 22nd March 2019

(5 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Philip Davies Portrait Philip Davies
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I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that point, and his first point is absolutely right. I do not think that anybody in this House does more to champion overseas voters than he does, and I pay tribute to him for what he has done over a sustained period of time. I will take his second point as a vote of confidence in me, and I am grateful to him for that.

Eddie Hughes Portrait Eddie Hughes (Walsall North) (Con)
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I am worried that my hon. Friend might be setting a dangerous precedent as regards the idea of measuring how well MPs represent any of their electorate; the idea of a scorecard is perhaps one that he might consider for the future.

Philip Davies Portrait Philip Davies
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Certainly not. I think the best measure of our ability to represent our constituents is shown at an election by whether or not our electorate wish us to continue to represent them. That is the best scorecard I can think of.