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Tuesday 9th February 2010 | 16:51

Young: Government proposing to block Commons reform

Young: Harman kicks the Wright reforms into touch

The Government has today admitted that they will prevent important reforms being made to the House of Commons before the general election.
 
In a Written Ministerial Statement released today, Harriet Harman, the Leader of the House, has:
 
Confirmed that MPs will be prevented from voting on all of the reforms proposed by the Committee on Reform of the House of Commons;
 
Watered down key recommendations, including on electing members of Select Committees and plans for a Backbench Business Committee;
 
Confirmed that a single MP could still block any of these reforms from being implemented in time for the general election.
 
Sir George Young, Shadow Leader of the House, has written to Harriet Harman asking her urgently to reconsider the Government’s approach to the Committee’s report and ensure that the House of Commons can put in place a package of reforms before the election.
 
Commenting, Sir George Young said:
 
“In the week in which Gordon Brown is blatantly trying to rig the electoral system to his own advantage, he is blocking crucial reforms to strengthen our democracy recommended by a Committee he himself set up.
 
“We could have spent two days this week making progress with the Wright reforms, using today plus the extra day in the motion we have tabled to postpone the recess.
 
“We can’t go on like this. Only a Conservative government will take the decisive action to fix our broken Parliament.”


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