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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

My right hon. Friend will know individuals who never put pen to paper and who do not have the capacity to articulate their views in written form, but who can stand up and speak eloquently for their communities at a public meeting and turn an argument on a dime. Who are we, as parliamentarians, to deny such people ever again the opportunity to have their say? Are the Government arguing, rather, that those people should go to the offices of their MPs or councillors and sit with them while they write out their complaints?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
517 c716 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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