My noble friend must address the point. The point is that if the requirement were not what the Fixed-term Parliaments Act required but a simple majority on a Motion in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister back in October 2019 would have secured a simple majority and got his election.
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Lansley
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 25 January 2022.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill.
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818 c212
Session
2021-22
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