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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

I am glad the hon. Gentleman believes that, because he is completely right. People are very influenced by the media—that is how they get information—but there is a lot of confusion. When Labour was in power in the UK Parliament, certain innovations in Wales were not carried out in England and vice versa. There was a slightly different policy on prescriptions, for instance. People would wonder, ““What am I voting for? It says here that I'm voting for this, but the competition says that Labour is doing something different,”” but they would be comparing literature for different elections. If people are unclear what is being said by different parties, they will be unable to make a rational decision or to say, ““I will vote for this party because I prefer its proposals to those of other parties.”” That undermines democracy itself.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
517 c815-6 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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