Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Denis MacShane Excerpts
Thursday 15th September 2011

(12 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. I hope that she will apply for an Adjournment debate, where we might be able to debate the matter at more length than the Speaker is likely to allow me now.

Denis MacShane Portrait Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab)
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May we have a serious debate on the boundary changes? We have no intermediate levels of government in our country, we are reducing the number of elected people and we are increasing the power of unelected officials from Brussels, from Whitehall and from town halls. We are taking away the voice of the citizens of Britain. This is a serious diminution of parliamentary democracy.