Is the noble and learned Lord really suggesting that the Liberal Democrat party was in favour of five-year fixed Parliaments at the time of the general election of 2010? We know about the Private Member’s Bill that was supported by many of those who are now prominent in Government. Liberal Democrat policy has always been four years. Why has it changed so suddenly?
Fixed-term Parliaments Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Bach
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 10 May 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Fixed-term Parliaments Bill.
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