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Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill

The point about geography is critical in Cumbria, where my constituency is. Under the proposals, we will end up with the largest constituency in England, Penrith and Solway. I have Solway at the moment, and my constituents are deeply worried, because they think they will lose representation. Cumbria not only is large in square mileage, but has mountains, lakes and difficult weather. A lot of the time, we cannot get from one part of it to another, and people on the Solway would lose their representation.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
617 c503 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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