Part of Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill – in the House of Lords at 4:00 pm on 15 December 2010.
We all know that the final line of the "Beyond the Fringe" sketch was, "But neither should this be taken as an abstention". I suggest to the House, quite genuinely, that-as the noble Baroness, Lady Liddell, reminded us-getting this wrong could cause all kinds of trouble with the best of intentions.