Constitutional Reform: Referendums Debate

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Constitutional Reform: Referendums

Lord Campbell-Savours Excerpts
Monday 24th January 2011

(13 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord McNally Portrait Lord McNally
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It certainly would be if that were ever to happen in the future.

Lord Campbell-Savours Portrait Lord Campbell-Savours
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Does the noble Lord accept that a referendum on the voting system for the House of Commons is a constitutional issue?

Lord McNally Portrait Lord McNally
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My Lords, that is a matter of judgment. I do not know whether this is a trick question. As to whether, if there is a change in the voting system, our constitution will reflect that, that is a matter of the obvious.