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July 24, 2006
Government of Wales Bill - dual candidacy ban passed
Sadly the Government got its way on dual candidacy today. The Lib Dems had basically done a deal persuading the Government to do away with d’Hondt to choose membership of assembly committees and on that basis agreed not to oppose the ban on dual candidacy so that the Bill could go through before the summer recess. As a result the Tories chose to abstain (they had no hope of winning the vote) and the Government’s amendment reinstating the ban on dual candidacy went through on the nod. All speakers basically said "we’ll let it go through but it’s rubbish". Quite.
Posted by stuartstoner on July 24, 2006
