Then I feel much better for that. I still do not see why both positions are there. If the Minister is right in his argument, why are the words ““Secretary of State”” included at all? Why is it not just the Lord President of the Council or, if the Government want to put other Ministers in, why not say the Prime Minister, too, or the Chancellor of the Exchequer? I do not see why both names are there when the precedent is that it is the Secretary of State, but perhaps—
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Bach
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 15 December 2010.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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