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Government of Wales Bill

Proceeding contribution from Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party) in the House of Commons on Monday, 30 January 2006. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Government of Wales Bill.
I am pointing out, Mrs. Heal, that those who argue that list members are failures should consider the strength or otherwise of their own electoral mandates. The hon. Member for Livingston received 41.79 per cent. of the vote, which was only 16 per cent. of the total electorate of Livingston. Some 84 per cent.—

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Reference

442 c119 

Session

2005-06

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Subjects

Devolved matters
Abuse
Constituency size
Constituencies
Candidates
Conduct
Devolution
Elections
Electorate
Legislative process
Legislative competence
Legislation
Electoral systems
Hunting
Powers
Members
National Assembly for Wales
Political parties
Referendums
Politics and government
Parliament
Wales
Welsh language
Regional list systems
Single transferable vote
Additional member systems
Statutory instruments

Legislation

Government of Wales Bill 2005-06

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