Government says it sees no merit in reopening issue,after committee of MPs said proposed change was unjustifiedThe government has confirmed that it will cut the number of MPs in the House of Commons from 650 to 600, rejecting a report by a cross-party committee of MPs that described the scramble as unjustified.
Responding to a report by the Commons political and constitutional committee published final March, or the government said it saw “no merit in reopening the issue”,and it would press ahead with plans to reduce the number of MPs in parliament and to ensure that no constituency contained more than 5% above or below the national average number of voters.
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Source: theguardian.com