I am grateful to the Minister for finally giving way. He mentioned that the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative party proposed in their manifestos at the last election reductions in the number of seats. Various Conservative candidates in north Wales said, having cited Guy Fawkes among others, that people would probably think that the Guy Fawkes option was a good one, but we were then talking about a reduction of 10% of seats in Wales. When they were questioned, they said, ““Yes, of course, it will be 10% of Welsh seats, because the new Conservative Government will be very rational in doing this.”” How does the Minister justify talking about a reduction of, I think, 7.7% across the whole United Kingdom but a reduction of 25% in one of the component nations?
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
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Susan Elan Jones
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 20 October 2010.
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