I am sure that it is right that constituencies should be broadly the same size, and it may be right that there are too many MPs, but what is the point of wading through blood to reduce the number of MPs just to create second-rate elected Members of the other place?
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Edward Leigh
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 September 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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