Surely the defence against the scenario that the hon. Gentleman presents is the fact that the threshold, as suggested in the amendments of the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Zac Goldsmith), would be 20% of the electorate, and that people would physically have to visit the town hall and put their name to a recall petition. [Interruption.] Well, it would be 20% to initiate the final recall mechanism for a recall by-election. In my constituency, that would be more than 11,000 people. If 11,000 people went to the town hall in Ammanford and wanted my recall, I would resign myself.
Recall of MPs Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Jonathan Edwards
(Plaid Cymru)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 27 October 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Recall of MPs Bill.
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