Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

I never voted in relation to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill. I assume the system was the one that is now being put forward. If we do not have a proper, independent debate—which I believe will carry much more weight with the public—then we have to have the debate here as to which is the right system. It is a distressing aspect of this debate, but inevitably when we raise such issues, instead of the other side engaging with the issues, we get the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, appearing to say to the Cross Benches—I have not read Hansard yet, which I will check—““If you vote in favour of procedural manoeuvre, it’ll be 100 per cent elected””. What conclusion are we supposed to draw from that? Then the noble Lord, Lord Rennard, appeared to say, ““We have debated this long enough. Let us get on with it””. Let us either debate the issues, or let us have a commission of inquiry to look into what is the right AV system in the context of a timetable, so that the AV vote will take place, but it will be on the basis of proper information. The Front Bench will support the amendment if the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, puts it to a vote.