Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

To return to my previous point, the hon. Gentleman should read clause 6 more closely. It states:"““The Minister must make an order bringing into force section 7, Schedule 6 and Part 1 of Schedule 7 ('the alternative vote provisions') if—""(a) more votes are cast in the referendum in favour of the answer 'Yes' than in favour of the answer 'No', and""(b) the draft of an Order in Council laid before Parliament under subsection (5A) of section 3 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act…has been submitted to Her Majesty””." In other words, this system will come into force, if there is a yes vote in the referendum, once the order has been brought in implementing the new electoral boundaries. If by-elections were to be held, they would be for constituencies with the old boundaries, not with the new ones, so I think I was accurate in the way I set out the position.