Committee (5th Day)

Part of Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill – in the House of Lords at 7:45 pm on 15 December 2010.

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Photo of Lord Howarth of Newport Lord Howarth of Newport Labour 7:45, 15 December 2010

My Lords, I understand the argument about administrative convenience and, of course, that argument is not negligible. However, does the Minister not think it is important that people should know how the votes have been cast, parliamentary constituency by parliamentary constituency, on what the future electoral system for those constituencies should be? Surely that is a matter of some importance to not only Members of Parliament but members of political parties, the generality of citizens and those who seek to evaluate and learn the lessons from this campaign. This is an important consideration which should not be set aside simply on grounds of administrative convenience on the day.