Is it not the case that the number of Scottish Members of Parliament was reduced not primarily because of the increased powers of the Scottish Parliament, but because of the significant inequity that had grown up over the years due to the number of people represented by each Scottish Member compared with the number represented by each English Member?
Government of Wales Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Leslie Taylor
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 January 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Government of Wales Bill.
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2005-06
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