No. I think the point is incompetent. We debated it at great length last night, and the fact is that public inquiries are not necessary. It is necessary to have a certain amount of time for consultation, and that is provided in the Bill. We do not need long, drawn out public inquiries when political parties spend weeks and months arguing spuriously about old fashioned boundaries and traditions, and about hills, mountains and rivers, when they are concerned only about the number of Labour voters or Conservative voters who are likely to be in a constituency. Labour Members should have the courage to face up to a fair democratic system, and that is what the Bill will introduce.
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 2 November 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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