It might help the Committee to know that, certainly for Scotland, returning officers will allow recounting to be done only at constituency level. They will not support a Scottish-wide recount because, they argue, it would be far too complicated. I think that that undermines the point made by the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford (Nick Boles).
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Thomas Docherty
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 18 October 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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