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  Referendum on Proportional Representation
  
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  The no voters successfully changed the motion text from:
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  That this House, in the light of experience of recent elections held on the basis of proportional representation, believes that this is not an appropriate basis for election to the House of Commons; and urges the Government to resolve the uncertainty it has caused on this matter either by abandoning its commitment to hold a referendum, or by holding the referendum forthwith.
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  To:
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  That this House recognises that different electoral systems may be appropriate for elections to different institutions; commends the Government's commitment to let the final decision on the voting system for the House of Commons be made by the people in a referendum; and welcomes the Government's approach which allows for a full debate in the country on the merits of the Jenkins system [1] before a referendum is held.
  
  *  [1] [http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp98/rp98-112.pdf The Jenkins Report on Voting Systems 10 December 1998] 
  
  
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