I believe that the hon. Lady is complaining that reducing the number of Members of Parliament will create an unacceptable workload, but when I look at the statistics, I see that British MPs each represent about 90,000 people, whereas Spanish MPs represent about 133,000, German MPs represent 116,000 and French and Dutch MPs represent 114,000. Why should we not be able to do at least as good a job as the MPs in other leading European democracies?
Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill: Committee Stage
Proceeding contribution from
Vicky Ford
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 June 2018.
It occurred during Opposition day on Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill: Committee Stage.
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