Liberal Democratic Party: Bonham-Carter: Labour’s peers abusing procedures

“Labour peers have started abusing the House’s procedures for blatant and petty party political point-scoring on the Bill for a referendum on fairer votes and they must desist."

The House of Lords today resumed its consideration of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, which will be the ninth day of the Bill at Committee Stage.

Commenting, Deputy Convenor of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords, Baroness (Jane) Bonham-Carter, said:

“Labour peers have started abusing the House’s procedures for blatant and petty party political point-scoring on the Bill for a referendum on fairer votes and they must desist.

“Frustrated and unable to accept their loss of power, Labour have resorted to filibustering through tabling a great number of amendments and pontificating at length on their merit.

“It is worrying that primarily former MPs are working so hard to stop the people having their say on the way they elect their MPs. It is almost as if they are afraid that their chums in the Commons will have to work harder to convince people that they will represent them in the best possible manner.