Only 10% of voters would have to sign the recall petition during those eight weeks, which is a longer period not only than the by-election campaign that would succeed the petition, but than the period designated for a general election under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. Is eight weeks reasonable?
Recall of MPs Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Mark Durkan
(Social Democratic & Labour Party)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 3 November 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Recall of MPs Bill.
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2014-15
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