It is precisely the words that he used: ““if self-regulating is to survive””. He knows, as would anybody who has managed this House’s business, that if Bills are treated as this Bill has been treated, government is impossible. If self-regulation is to survive, this cannot be the normal procedure for the Opposition of the day. That is not a threat; it is an observation.
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord McNally
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 17 January 2011.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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Reference
724 c260 
Session
2010-12
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