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Fixed-term Parliaments Bill

Proceeding contribution from Mark Harper (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 13 July 2011. It occurred during Debate on bills on Fixed-term Parliaments Bill.
I disagree with my hon. Friend. Even if we successfully push our proposals through in their current form, and we have the first set of such elections in 2015, most Members of the other place will still be unelected. Secondly, regardless of how many Members of the other place are elected, we are talking about primacy. Effectively, the amendments would move power away from this House to the other place. Whatever one's views about House of Lords reform, I picked up clearly from our earlier debate that most Members of this place want it to be clear that this place has primacy over their lordships' House. The amendments, perhaps inadvertently, would lead to a different situation.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
531 c365-6 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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