I am sorry, Ms Primarolo.
I should have said that it is much easier to do this job with 650 MPs, and that it will be much more difficult if the clause passes unamended and reduces the membership of the House to 600. That is the essence of my argument. We are straining to do the job as it is, and we have had to take on more staff. We shall need even more staff if the number of MPs is reduced. It is difficult to do our job, but it is well worth doing.
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Austin Mitchell
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 20 October 2010.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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