The Bill has passed all its stages in the Lords, and had entered the Commons. An Early Day Motion had been tabled in support of the Bill by Messrs Robin Squire, Jeff Rooker and Paddy Ashdown. The Bill sought to extend to Great Britain the proportional representation system already existing in Northern Ireland. Such a reform would remove the serious anomaly of Great Britain alone in the Community not electing Members of the European Parliament (EP) according to the balance of votes case in the election. It would strengthen the coherence and legitimacy of the EP

Includes: "A Memorandum: The Electoral Reform of the European Parliament" by Andrew Duff, 02/1990
Circular letters from Duff on his work on how an emerging concept of European Community citizenship would affect the UK, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Social Service Trust, with particular emphasis on the reform of the electoral procedures to the European Parliament (EP)
Letters requesting support of MPs, MEPs and members of the House of Lords, for Lord Bonham Carter’s European Parliament Electoral Reform Bill
Correspondence between Jeff Rooker, MP (Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform) on resistance in the Left wing of the Labour Party on signing anything cross-or all- party
Printed Labour Party material calling for electoral reform
Letters from British MPs to Duff confirming their support/non-support for the "Early Day Motion" in the House of Commons in connection with the European Parliament Electoral Reform Bill
Letter to Jeff Rooker from Duff, on lobbying by Charter 88 of known supporters of EDM as soon as it’s tabled
Explanatory Memorandum of the European Parliament on the Electoral Reform Bill (House of Lords)
Official report of House of Lords, Parliamentary Debate on Euroepan Parliament Electoral Reform Bill (H.L.) – second reading, 23/3/1990
Official report of House of Lords, Parliamentary Debates, Committee Phase of the European Parliament Electoral Reform Bill (H.L.), 26/4/1990
Official Report of House of Lords, Parliamentary Debates, European Parliament Electoral Reform Bill (H.L.) – Third Reading , 6/6/1990

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