I am sure that my hon. Friend agrees that a key priority of this Parliament has been to sort out the finances, but uncertainty creates greater instability in the financial markets. If we had to pay another 1%, it would cost us about £10 billion or more a year. Does he think that that is a reasonable price for the taxpayer to pay for giving back a power over general elections to the Prime Minister?
Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
Proceeding contribution from
John Hemming
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 23 October 2014.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.
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