Well it’s taken a bit of time. But some of our proposals have finally come through…

The Liberal Democrats, for their part, have even more radical proposals.

They want to reduce the number of MPs by a third, getting rid of 200 constituencies and enlarging the remainder.

Paddy Ashdown’s party also proposes tougher rules for MPs’ conduct, behaviour and outside sources of income,

The Lib Dems also want to establish a fixed parliamentary term of four years, doing away with the government of the day’s ability to call an election at a time of its own choosing.

from the BBC (13 November 1997)