Plaid MPs: Euro polls show that Dissolution debate urgently needed

Following the extent of Labour’s losses at the European elections, Plaid MPs will emphasise the importance of the debate calling on the dissolution of Parliament to be held this Wednesday (10 June).

Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party (SNP) will use Opposition Day time allotted to them to present a motion to dissolve the present Parliament.

Plaid Cymru’s Westminster Leader Elfyn Llwyd MP said:

“The polls from the European elections leave me in no doubt that the UK is in urgent need of a General Election.

“Gordon Brown needs to come to Parliament and respond to our debate. Labour’s performance in the European elections is proof that the UK Government has lost the authority to govern and the respect of the people. It is essential that we restore the trust and confidence in the whole Westminster system and their elected members.

“There can be no argument against the entire House of Commons submitting itself to a vote of the people who elected them either.

“Plaid Cymru and the SNP are giving Parliament the chance to give the people back their say – and this can only be the beginning of a shake-up in the political system. We need reform of the MPs' expenses system, a fully elected House of Lords and in Wales , a referendum on full law-making powers.”