That "immediately" was said in 1911. The hon. Gentleman says that they did not mean it. The Liberals did mean it then, although there might well have been an internal compromise within the parliamentary party not to attempt to go further and to put that promise into the Act.
Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill
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David Howarth
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 26 January 2010.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill.
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