Comments on: Tory electoral reform would see their Welsh leader without seat

By: Peter Black

Peter Black — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:08:55 +0000

I dont need to remind my party of anything. They are all aware of our constitutional agenda. This amendment was laying down a marker, no more than that. There was no boob, nor was there a need to set out the proposals in the sort of detail we would need if we were actually legislating for them. The party has always been very clear how we will; move forward on this.

By: Ian Johnson

Ian Johnson — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:44:49 +0000

The boob is that there was a ten page amendment laid to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill which makes no link between a 30% cut in Welsh MPs and greater powers for Wales or the need to change the parliamentary/assembly constituency links in the Government of Wales Act 2006.

You should remind your party at Westminster about the ‘package’.

By: Peter Black

Peter Black — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:57:00 +0000

Actually Ian there was no ‘boob’ because the link is very clear. Liberal Democrat policy on the constitution comes as a package.

By: Frank H Little

Frank H Little — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:30:56 +0000

- and, if the Conservative proposals had been in place in the first Assembly elections, there would have been just one Con, David Davies in Monmouth. We would almost certainly have outnumbered them three to one.

By: Ian Johnson

Ian Johnson — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:54:35 +0000

Daniel Kawczynski is the chairman of the First Past the Post APPG at Westminster, so his views on electoral methods are hardly a surprise.

On the other hand, he is a backbencher with little influence within his party.

That’s a little different to your frontbench experts on constitutional reform making a boob and failing to link a cut in Members of Parliament from Wales with greater powers for the Welsh Assembly.