Parliamentary search - Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

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724 c978-1023, c1033-74

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2010-12

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory notes also published (HL Bill 26-EN).
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
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Proceeding contributions

Lord Goldsmith | 724 c1051 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether my noble friend with his great experience in the other place can help the House. I ...

Lord Goldsmith | 724 c1046-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for his intervention and for his kind remarks, because he makes my p...

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Lord Howarth of Newport | 724 c1047-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the manifesto on which the Conservative Party fought the last election stated on page 63 s...

Lord Soley | 724 c1050-1 (Link to this contribution) I rise not only to support my noble friend with or without the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Nor...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 724 c1038-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have two questions. First, in Clause 11, rule 7(1)(b) states that if the Boundary Commis...

Lord Strathclyde | 724 c1039-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord for raising his questions in the debate on Clause 11 st...

Lord Strathclyde | 724 c1037-8 (Link to this contribution) There is a remorseless logic to that fact. To return to the noble Baroness’s speech, I did not follo...

Baroness McDonagh | 724 c1038 (Link to this contribution) I hope the point that I made about what happens between this stage and the next will bring some chan...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 724 c1040 (Link to this contribution) 91: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause— ““Variation in limit of number of holders of m...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 724 c1040-3 (Link to this contribution) The amendment would reduce the number of paid ministerial officeholders in proportion to the reducti...

Lord Tyler | 724 c1045-6 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether noble and learned Lord will take his argument a step further. There is a powerful c...

Lord Goldsmith | 724 c1045 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is an enormous privilege to speak immediately after the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Lout...

Lord Norton of Louth | 724 c1043 (Link to this contribution) 91A: After Clause 11, line 12, leave out from ““650,”” to end of line 14 and insert ““the number of ...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 724 c1018 (Link to this contribution) The first thing to note, because it happened very late at night, is that the Government accepted an ...

Lord Kinnock | 724 c1018 (Link to this contribution) I was.

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 724 c1018-20 (Link to this contribution) I think that the noble Lord congratulated us on that at the time. The point I am trying to make is ...

Lord Touhig | 724 c1020-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had a first-class debate. Seventeen of your Lordships have taken part. We have had...

Baroness McDonagh | 724 c1034 (Link to this contribution) 90C: Clause 11, page 12, line 42, at end insert— ““( ) When the average number of eligible voters pe...

Lord Bach | 724 c1037 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Committee should be grateful to my noble friend for having raised, with her great expe...

Lord Campbell-Savours | 724 c1037 (Link to this contribution) If you have a cap at 600 and the electorate rises in the way that my noble friend is saying, does th...

Lord Strathclyde | 724 c1037 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, am delighted that the noble Baroness, Lady McDonagh, spoke to her amendment becaus...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 724 c1016-7 (Link to this contribution) No; I wish to answer some of the points that have been made in the debate. The amendment stipulates...

Lord Kinnock | 724 c1016 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the noble and learned Lord give way as a parliamentarian?

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 724 c1015-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Touhig, for moving this amendment almost three ho...

Lord Bach | 724 c1012-5 (Link to this contribution) We have had an extraordinary debate with many outstanding speeches from all sides of the Committee. ...

Lord Campbell-Savours | 724 c1011-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I strongly support my noble friend Lord Touhig on his amendment. I do not want to repeat m...

Lord Jones | 724 c1009-10 (Link to this contribution) I am glad to follow my noble friend Lady Gale because she has huge insight into Wales and its workin...

Baroness Gale | 724 c1007-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to be taking part for the first time in this debate tonight. The We...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 724 c1017 (Link to this contribution) I think that that would be accepted and acknowledged on all sides of the Committee. It is not just m...

Lord Kinnock | 724 c1017-8 (Link to this contribution) As we are explicitly discussing Wales, and the issue of Brecon and Radnorshire has been brought up, ...

Lord Thomas of Gresford | 724 c1017 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble and learned friend recall that the late Lord Livsey, who for many years was ...

Lord Rowlands | 724 c1004-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had the privilege of representing for 30 years one of the most remarkable constituencies...

Lord Morgan | 724 c998-1001 (Link to this contribution) I lend my support to this amendment, which has been so admirably moved; there have been a number of ...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 724 c1003-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to speak very briefly. The noble Lord, Lord Touhig, introduced this debate with elo...

Lord Roberts of Conwy | 724 c1001-3 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, who is a fellow north Walian. I look forward to hearing his m...

Lord Elystan-Morgan | 724 c994 (Link to this contribution) I have listened carefully to the noble Lord’s most eloquent submissions in favour of the argument th...

Lord Crickhowell | 724 c992-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had rather expected that I might follow the noble Lord, Lord Rowe-Beddoe, whose name is ...

Lord Rowe-Beddoe | 724 c996-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have listened carefully to the words of the noble Lord, Lord Crickhowell, for whom I hav...

Lord Crickhowell | 724 c994-6 (Link to this contribution) I do not really wish to add to the strength of the argument that I have already put. I am talking ab...

Viscount Tenby | 724 c1006-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise because my name has been mentioned on a number of occasions during this debate and ...

Lord Morris of Aberavon | 724 c990 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to detain the House. I have made the point that there is a long association between a ...

Lord Touhig | 724 c978-83 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to be opening this debate on Wales so that we can air some issues that concer...

Lord Harries of Pentregarth | 724 c990 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble and learned Lord has made some very helpful points about Wales as a whole and ab...

Lord Morris of Aberavon | 724 c987-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, save for a short intervention of about one minute, I have not so far taken part in debates...

Lord Williamson of Horton | 724 c983 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is many years since I represented North Wales at cricket, but I assure the noble Lord, ...

Lord Elystan-Morgan | 724 c990-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had an excellent debate already, and nearly all the salient points in favour of th...

Lord Soley | 724 c1051-2 (Link to this contribution) My noble and learned friend anticipates me to some extent. He is exactly right. I recognise the poli...

Lord Myners | 724 c1052-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendment proposed by my noble and learned friend Lord Falconer and the dire...

Lord Strathclyde | 724 c1055-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted to have been encouraged to leap to my feet. I was so enjoying the noble Lor...

Lord Goldsmith | 724 c1056 (Link to this contribution) I am very interested in the noble Lord’s observation about the defect in my noble and learned friend...

Lord Myners | 724 c1053-5 (Link to this contribution) I said ““in great detail””. I knew how to spot the tricky words. I tended to skip over the salutatio...

Lord Rea | 724 c1055 (Link to this contribution) It may interest your Lordships that, while I was listening to this extremely interesting exchange, I...

Lord Tyler | 724 c1055 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful to my fellow Cornishman. I was going to say that the past few minutes have g...

Lord Lipsey | 724 c1060 (Link to this contribution) I can be even briefer. My amendment, Amendment 91B, reflects a suggestion made in the British Academ...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 724 c1060-1 (Link to this contribution) Amendments 91AA and 91B would change the process of consultation as set out in the Bill. The Governm...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 724 c1061-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble and learned Lord for his response and look forward to what comes back at Report. I...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 724 c1062 (Link to this contribution) 93: Clause 12, page 13, leave out lines 17 to 23 and insert— ““(2) A Boundary Commission may cause a...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 724 c1062-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is an important amendment about public inquiries. It is well known throughout this Ho...

Lord Norton of Louth | 724 c1058-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was tempted by the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, who suggested that we were in seminar mode....

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 724 c1059 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for all the support around the House for Amendment 91. It was an amusing and...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 724 c1059 (Link to this contribution) 91AA: Clause 12, page 13, line 14, at end insert— ““( ) of all written representations made to the B...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 724 c1060 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will not detain the House long. My amendment inserts a new paragraph into new Section 5(...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 724 c1058 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the Leader of the House is prepared to study the behaviour of different Ministers durin...

Lord Strathclyde | 724 c1058 (Link to this contribution) He was very brave, the noble Lord, Lord Rooker.

Lord Strathclyde | 724 c1057-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would not necessarily compare all Governments with the standard of the previous one. My ...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 724 c1058 (Link to this contribution) And he survived.

Lord Strathclyde | 724 c1057 (Link to this contribution) I am glad to have got that right. What about the ramifications of all of this? For example, it migh...

Lord Soley | 724 c1057 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has set the alarm bells ringing in my mind with his earlier phrase that we might not ne...

Lord Strathclyde | 724 c1056 (Link to this contribution) I am going to come to that but the noble and learned Lord should not hold his breath for me making a...

Lord Goldsmith | 724 c1056 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord has spotted that quite correctly.

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 724 c1069-72 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, for introducing this amendm...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 724 c1072-4 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for a very positive response. I shall deal with a few points so that people can r...

Lord Henley | 724 c1069 (Link to this contribution) Oh, come on.

Lord Goldsmith | 724 c1069 (Link to this contribution) I really must object to that comment from the noble Lord, Lord Henley, who, as far as I can see, has...

Lord Goldsmith | 724 c1068-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was going to support this amendment even before hearing the noble and learned Lord, Lord...

Lord Woolf | 724 c1066-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support this amendment on the grounds already put before the House by the noble and lear...

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 724 c1067-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendment of my noble and learned friend Lord Falconer. As the noble and lea...

Lord Norton of Louth | 724 c1043-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, as he just outline...

Lord Touhig | 724 c978 (Link to this contribution) 89BA: Clause 11, page 11, line 26, at end insert— ““(5) If the number of constituencies allocated to...

Baroness McDonagh | 724 c1034-7 (Link to this contribution) This amendment seeks to provide that when the average size of constituency reaches 74,000 voters, th...

Lord Howarth of Newport | 724 c983-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend Lord Touhig for laying out the case on behalf of Wales so impressively. Thes...

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Boundary commissions

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Constituencies

Electoral register

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Public inquiries

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Wales

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill 2010-12

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