I think that the House is at one with my hon. Friend on that particular point—[Laughter.]
Like me, my hon. Friend represents an urban constituency. I have three surgeries a week and more than 50% of those who attend are not on the electoral register because they are homeless, asylum seekers or simply incapable of being allowed to register. Does my hon. Friend agree that were we to proceed—as I sincerely hope we will not—with this crude numerically simplistic stitch-up we would be ignoring the reality of life in urban constituencies?
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Stephen Pound
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 October 2010.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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