Monday, 6 September 2010

Parliament Returns Early: AV Referendum Bill at Top of Agenda

Parliament has returned early to Westminster this year, reconvening today ahead of the party conference season. The Conservative-LibDem Coalition remains very keen to get through its legislative program.

Top showing is debate on the bill to allow for a referendum for introducing the Alternative Vote system to general elections:

MPs to debate AV referendum as summer recess ends (BBC News)

UPDATE: the same BBC article now summarises the result of that debate in the Commons.... It has now passed its Second Reading with a vote of 328 for and 269 against. As the article also makes clear, however, there is still some way to go....!

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