division_name: Parliamentary Constituencies Bill &#8212; Clause 1 - Reports of the Boundary Commissions
motion: <p class="indent" pid="d778.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;as soon as reasonably practicable&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d778.0/9" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;no later than the end of the four month period unless there are exceptional circumstances.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d778.0/12" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;as soon as reasonably practicable&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d779.0/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;much harder to have regard to&#8230;factors&#8230;such as the importance of not breaking local ties, and having regard to local authority boundaries and features of natural geography.&#8221;&#8211;&#8211;[Official Report, Parliamentary Constituencies Public Bill Committee, <phrase class="date" code="2020-06-18">18 June</phrase> 2020; c. 7, Q3.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d781.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Constituencies should not just be numerical constructs; they should be constructed for communities first and foremost&#8221;.&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2020-06-02">2 June</phrase> 2020; Vol. 676, c. 804.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d785.1/11" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;much harder to have regard to the other factors that you specify in the legislation, such as the importance of not breaking local ties, and having regard to local authority boundaries and features of natural geography. Basically, the smaller you make the tolerance, the fewer options we have.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d785.1/13" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The only real way to mitigate it is to make the tolerance figure slightly larger. The larger you make it, the more options we have and the more flexibility we have to have regard to the other factors&#8221;.&#8211;&#8211;[Official Report, Parliamentary Constituencies Public Bill Committee, <phrase class="date" code="2020-06-18">18 June</phrase> 2020; c. 7.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d787.3/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;&#8217;Stiffen your sinews, summon up the blood and imitate the action of a tiger, for that is how you should behave towards our European partners, not like Bagpuss.&#8217;&#8221; &#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2020-10-24">24 October</phrase> 2011; Vol. 534, c. 109.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d791.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;that would disgrace a banana republic&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d794.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The maximum admissible departure from the distribution criterion&#8230;should seldom exceed 10% and never 15%&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d795.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The UK has low levels of proven electoral fraud.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d795.0/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;There remains no evidence of large-scale electoral fraud in 2019.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d797.5/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Democracy is the root of our society, the wellspring of our power, and the source of our renewal. It strengthens and amplifies our leadership to keep us safe in the world. It is the engine of our ingenuity that drives our economic prosperity.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d798.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;get to know their constituency&#8221;.&#8212;[Official Report, House of Lords, <phrase class="date" code="2020-10-08">8 October</phrase> 2020; Vol. 806, c. 714.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d798.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;I would like you to imagine the position of a newly elected MP in a general election in 2025.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, House of Lords, <phrase class="date" code="2020-10-08">8 October</phrase> 2020; Vol. 806, c. 714.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d805.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;much harder to have regard to the other factors&#8230;such as the importance of not breaking local ties, and having regard to local authority boundaries and features of natural geography. Basically, the smaller you make the tolerance, the fewer options we have&#8230;The larger you make it, the more options we have and the more flexibility we have to have regard to the other factors&#8221;.&#8211;&#8211;[Official Report, Parliamentary Constituencies Public Bill Committee, <phrase class="date" code="2020-06-18">18 June</phrase> 2020; c. 7, Q3.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d805.2/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the smaller&#8230;the tolerance, the fewer options we have&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d808.2/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;caused by the introduction of the uniform national quota and the 5% tolerance.&#8221;</p>