Scottish Parliamentary Elections

Part of Opposition Day — [12th allotted day] – in the House of Commons at 2:10 pm on 23 May 2007.

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Photo of Alistair Carmichael Alistair Carmichael Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport) 2:10, 23 May 2007

The Secretary of State is being generous with his time. Does he think that, with the benefit of hindsight, the House might have to accept that it got the constitution of the Electoral Commission wrong? Does he accept that the insistence on not giving any of the political parties representation on the commission is seen as one of its major weaknesses because few on the commission have hon. Members' day-to-day political experience of being involved in elections? Will he speak to Ministers with responsibility for the commission to determine whether there is any prospect of an early review of its constitution?

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Kenneth Hambly
Posted on 24 May 2007 11:49 am (Report this annotation)

Sensible point. The election was a disaster and elected representitaves as always are ultimatley responsible. They have a vested interest in getting it right as their jobs depend on it working properly. Let's have MPs and MSPs sorting it out.