Surely the Minister accepts that the Scottish Parliament felt the need to come up with that motion only because of the potential provisions of the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill. If the Bill had provided for a four-year fixed term, there would be no problem. The Government still have an opportunity to revisit that possibility, and I hope that they will take it.
Scotland Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Tom Greatrex
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 7 March 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Scotland Bill.
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