What the noble Baroness said is right to the extent that the whole mechanism of this Bill is doing as she said. But I suppose I am looking for some mechanism whereby it could be made a little fairer and across the board. I am not even doing that; I am saying that the Secretary of State should report to Parliament so that it can judge whether these offences, as determined by the electoral court, should have available to them the penalty of a recall system, which Parliament appears determined to impose. That is all that is being asked by this amendment, and my noble friend put it very well. I rest my case.
Recall of MPs Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Grocott
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 10 February 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Recall of MPs Bill.
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