I am surprised that my hon. Friend has made that argument, because he is a doughty defender of freedom and democratic rights. Everybody in this country—in all the countries that make up this country— will have an identical democratic right to cast their vote in the referendum or not. We should not judge whether they want to or whether the campaigns will motivate them to. We already have differential turnout across general elections. So long as people have an identical right, it is all that matters.
I have detained hon. Members for far too long—
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
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Nick Boles
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 12 October 2010.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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