Does my hon. Friend not recognise that the credibility to which he refers applies equally to all the life peers in the House of Lords? However undesirable and risible the electoral system might be, at least in the election for the Labour vacancy to which we have referred the peer concerned won two votes, which is two more than any life peers have ever won.
Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill
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Mark Field
(Conservative)
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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