Quite the opposite: I am arguing that under the status quo the only blockage to the passing of a boundary review has been the Government, and they would, under this Bill, still have the power to put up the same block as they have the past two times that a boundary review has failed to go through this House. It is worth noting that if it was not for parliamentary oversight, we would have a 600-seat Parliament today. Perhaps that is an example of parliamentary scrutiny at its best.
Parliamentary Constituencies Bill
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Cat Smith
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 July 2020.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Parliamentary Constituencies Bill.
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