I am grateful to the noble Lord, but he was rather coy when he said that Northern Ireland has a slightly better ratio. I would be interested to know what the ratio is. I would also like to know what the variation is between Northern Ireland, which he describes as having the best ratio, and the worst. What is the worst? It must be a very simple little sum, which he and I could work out on a calculator, to see that the ratio in one area is X and in another X minus whatever. If he cannot give it to me straightaway, I would be grateful if he could write to me and place a copy of that letter in the Library in due course.
European Parliament (Number of MEPs and Distribution between Electoral Regions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2008
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Lord Henley
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 2 July 2008.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on European Parliament (Number of MEPs and Distribution between Electoral Regions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2008.
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