The people who support the idea of reducing the number of MPs from 650 to 600 say that it will save about £12 million, but even they are saying that we will need more resources to look after our constituents and that we will therefore need more staff. That £12 million will disappear overnight to pay for the extra resources that we are going to need.
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Phil Wilson
(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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