Does the noble Baroness agree that there is a difference between how people vote at elections and what happens in the House of Commons? I was simply making the point that when any party has a large majority in the House of Commons, under the British system since it was changed by Walpole from the originally intended system in the Act of Rights, I am afraid that when there is a large majority it does function as an elected tyranny on either side.
European Union Bill
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Lord Flight
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 13 June 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union Bill.
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