Is not the essence of what my right hon. Friend is saying that it is exceptionally difficult to get elected to Parliament—we have all been through it—and it costs a lot of money? We tend to forget that candidates who have not been elected to this place more often than not give up work. Coming back to the point I made to my hon. Friend the Minister earlier, is there not a body of work to be done on the period between our Prime Minister calling an election and the short campaign starting? We must try to make it fair for those standing for Parliament for the first time, which can have an enormous financial cost.
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Alec Shelbrooke
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 September 2021.
It occurred during Debate on bills
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill.
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