Part of Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill – in the House of Lords at 4:00 pm on 15 December 2010.
It is because I want to be able to discuss this, look at its implications and try and get it right. I do not want to make these kinds of commitments over the Dispatch Box. After all the complaints of the Opposition on this, my good will wears thin. When a Minister makes a straightforward offer to look at a real problem and get it right, I can only say that one begins to despair-although perhaps not for a few hours yet. No, I will not really despair. The offer is there. I hope and I think that we can get this right.