I am sorry, but if the noble and learned Lord looks at the wording, there is a distinction. Clause 4(1) refers to the fact that where they are on the same day they can be held together, which is plainly the point about not having to be in separate polling stations. Subsections (2), (3) and (4), as I thought the noble and learned Lord had confirmed, are drafted in different terms and are put on the basis that: "““The polls for the referendum and the Welsh Assembly general election … are to be taken together””."
So there is a requirement that they must be taken together, which means that they must be on the same day.
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 13 December 2010.
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Debate on bills on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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