You said that the hon. Gentleman was wide of the mark when he first asked that question, Mrs. Heal, so I presume that you would be consistent and say that if were to stray into that area, I would be wide of the mark as well. However, the honest response is that we are talking about proportionality. When people vote for the National Assembly for Wales on a second ballot, they are voting for a party to represent them in that region, so many thousands of people are disfranchised because of the current d’Hondt system, which is there to help the minority parties and other parties that do not win constituency seats. That is a serious flaw.
Government of Wales Bill
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Albert Owen
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 30 January 2006.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Government of Wales Bill.
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