Fixed-term Parliaments Bill

Let me finish my point. Lord Pannick also cited the Constitution Committee in the House of Lords, which said:"““the origins and content of this Bill owe more to short-term considerations than to a mature assessment of enduring constitutional principles or sustained public demand.””" I think their lordships were right. I will now give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Foyle (Mark Durkan) and then to the hon. Member for Belfast East (Naomi Long), who is slightly my hon. Friend.