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HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (First sitting)Q Is it not better to try to get it right first, rather than be a bit provocative and stir up public interest? Is it not better to get it right first so there are fewer changes?…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (First sitting)Q A final question from me, Chair.18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (First sitting)I will not push it to a fourth. Do you have any consideration of constituencies that have multiple local authority areas? Some Members represent two local authorities and others…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (First sitting)Q Mr Bailey may have touched on this in his question about local government boundaries after the contraction. Mr McConville, what efforts do you make to keep the constituencies as…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)If it helps, Mr Pratt, I believe the correct pronunciation is Na h-Eileanan an Iar. Roger Pratt: I am not going to try!18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)I thought I would get that one in. I have just one question. Moving away from the numbers, what is your experience of being able to influence local proposals once they are already…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q This is the same question I asked Mr Pratt: how responsive and flexible has the Labour party previously found the commission, the assistant commissioners and the consultation…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. Good afternoon, Professor. You piqued my interest when you talked about Arfon in comparison with Cardiff South and Penarth. Knowing Arfon as I do, which is one of the…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q You made an interesting point about the previous proposals to reduce Parliament to 600 MPs: you said that it was not politically viable—in other words, it did not have political…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q Professor, did you think it was a good idea to reduce to 600 MPs across the UK? Professor Wyn Jones: As I think I indicated in response to one of your colleagues, I do not…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q You did indicate support for removing Parliament from the approvals process. Are there any other areas of public life where you think Parliament should not have a say, or that…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q As an academic, do you ever supervise your students’ research? Professor Wyn Jones: All the time, yes.18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q You will give them parameters, but you do not then leave them to complete the job themselves, do you? Professor Wyn Jones: For example, you will guide a PhD student, but you do…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q It is not MPs marking MPs’ homework, but MPs marking someone else’s homework. My point is, setting the parameters and then making sure that the parameters have been set is…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q Okay, but the last review was, as you quoted other people as saying, “politically unacceptable”. Did we not get out of jail by, fortunately, having that pressure valve and not…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Thanks very much, professor.18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (First sitting)Q Can I ask both witnesses how they prioritise the various different factors, for example, the numbers and the tolerance, the geography and the communities of interest? How do you…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (First sitting)It is, yes, thank you. Ms Drummond-Murray wanted to answer as well from the Scottish point of view. Isabel Drummond-Murray: It is a broadly similar process. As Tony said, you…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (First sitting)Q Can I ask both of you—it may sound like a pointed question, but it is not intended to be—whether you ever feel that you have got it wrong? I will give a couple of examples. In…18 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister has previously stated to the House that he had no correspondence or discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government about…17 Jun 2020