The answer to the noble Baroness is this: if legislation is put before the House of Commons and it fails because there is no simple majority for it, there is a simple answer—the legislation fails. You do not have a situation that could go on for years in which a Government remain in office in a state of paralysis because that is what a majority of the House of Commons wants. That is the mischief that would arise in relation to this Bill.
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Howard of Lympne
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 9 February 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill.
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818 c1590 
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2021-22
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2022-05-03 15:52:38 +0100
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