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Fixed-term Parliaments Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 1 March 2011. It occurred during Debate on bills on Fixed-term Parliaments Bill.
On the interplay and the coinciding every twentieth year, which might be at the end of the first cycle in this instance, is it not desirable that there should not be such clashing, that the elections to the Scottish Parliament and to the National Assembly for Wales should be in their own right, thereby ensuring that the electorate are aware of what they are addressing, particularly where manifestos of parties in relation to the devolved Assemblies might be different from their manifestos in relation to Parliament. Is there any mechanism whereby we can ensure that whatever the cycle—whether it is a five-year cycle as the Government propose, or a four-year cycle as many might wish—there is the same cycle for the devolved institutions to avoid any clash at all?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
725 c933 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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