In God-like isolation, he may well. I suspect that even Mr Clegg, if it is before three o'clock in the afternoon, may well reach the view that he prefers other systems. There is a variety of systems and it is clear that the alternative vote is a totally orphan system. Certainly, the Conservative Party does not favour it. On the whole, it prefers the first past the post system. At the time of the last election, the Labour Party did, but clearly the public—
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
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Lord Anderson of Swansea
(Labour)
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Debate on bills on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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