well mr er deputy speaker i er  don't wish to er follow the honourable member of one of my er neighbours but i actually think it's really part of  grown up politics to ensure that the political opinion of a nation is adequately represented in the forums of that nation whether it be in this place or in the european er parliament and to that extent i make no bones about it that erm i wish that we were debating a different electoral system and mr deputy speaker going back to the minister's introduction  erm it is a fact, i didn't wish to intervene because i didn't, it's a short debate and i didn't want to take up  er extra time, but it is a fact is it not that  our electoral system unique across europe  means that our deadline as opposed to what the french are going to do is different to all the other member states.