Deputy Prime Minister outlines plan for Political Reform

In his first speech to Parliament as Deputy Prime Minister, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg today outlined his radical plans for political reform.

The plans include:

• A referendum on the Alternative Vote
  
  
• The right to recall MPs who break the rules
  
  
• Fewer, more equal-sized constituencies
  
  
• Making the House of Lords wholly or largely elected
  
  
• Fixed five-year parliaments
  
  
• Devolving greater powers to the Scottish Parliament by implementing the recommendations of the Calman Commission
  
  
• A referendum on devolving more powers to the Welsh Assembly