I justify that very easily by the fact that Welsh constituencies are much smaller than constituencies in the rest of the country, and the Bill will equalise representation, as I thought we had established. As I keep on reminding the House, the existing position is that the hon. Member for Rhondda—I choose his constituency only because he happens to be sitting on the Opposition Front Bench—has 51,000 electors, my constituency has 82,000 electors and there is a difference of almost 30,000 between the two. That cannot be justified.
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Heath
(Liberal Democrat)
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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