Examination of Witnesses

Part of Parliamentary Constituencies Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:01 am on 23 June 2020.

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Photo of Bim Afolami Bim Afolami Conservative, Hitchin and Harpenden 11:01, 23 June 2020

Q One final question, if I may. We have talked a lot about the automaticity of this and how Parliament does not have the ability to vote it down. Bearing that in mind, do you both have a sense of how you feel the boundary commissioners might behave differently now that they would almost have a bit more freedom because of Parliament’s not having its ability to vote it down? Do you think they will behave differently in their judgments? They are obviously very professional people and will do their work as best they can, but we all live in the real world and we know that if we think that Parliament has the ability to vote it down, that might affect how radical the final findings we present are.