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HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)Further to that point of order, Sir David. I am completely lost. Can you clarify whether we are debating amendments 6 and 7 now?25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Gentleman is being most generous in giving way. There is a split polling district between me and the hon. Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon). I have about 26 houses…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)Just to quickly address the hon. Gentleman’s point—it is something that I did not say—he is quite right to say that there are 17,000, 18,000 or 19,000 people in a ward in Leeds.…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)It is, indeed, unfortunate that we have made such quick progress that we have come to this clause before we have had the note from the Boundary Commission for England. The…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)As the hon. Gentleman has picked up, there is quite a lot of agreement about the other place. However, I do not think it is particularly fair on the Minister to be talking about…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)Hear, hear!25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that, as several colleagues have mentioned, it is really important that the boundary commissions takes notice of what is being said here? Hopefully, they…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the right hon. Gentleman for promoting me way beyond my humble Back Bencher status to being able to control the date of the next election. It still comes down to a…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Fifth sitting)The right hon. Gentleman has given me a good smile this morning. For that to come into effect, there would have to be a vote of the House once more, because we are still under the…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Fifth sitting)I wonder whether the right hon. Gentleman agrees with me, though, that one of the strengths of what we do at the Committee stage with the line-by-line analysis is to also act as a…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Fifth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. That moves us on to clauses and amendments later in the Bill that we will be able to debate further. My constituency is a county constituency.…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Gentleman mentioned setting out criteria for setting the boundaries. That is what the Bill does, and we will vote on it in Committee and on the Floor of the House. Once…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank my right hon. Friend for those comments.25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Fifth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for Glasgow East, because this is a serious point. We are moving approval to an unelected body, which is a strange mix of parties and balance. A…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Fifth sitting)I can give the right hon. Gentleman the same assurance on that issue that all Labour leaders have given. [ Laughter. ]25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Fifth sitting)I said the size—the number.25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Gentleman is a very thoughtful man: he has got on to my very next sentence. Perhaps controversially, I would do away with the House of Lords as it stands anyway, because…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Fifth sitting)I am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I do not know him particularly well, but he strikes me as a Member who cares about his community and has built that up. I took on the…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Fifth sitting)I have done the hon. Gentleman out of one vote. He will forgive me if I am unaware of what his majority is now.25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Third sitting)Yes or whoever feels it is more appropriate for them to answer it. Professor McLean: If John is willing, I will go first, but John will wish to add something about the…23 Jun 2020