ET Lord Howe is opposition to a change in the system for the election of members of the former Conservative Chancellor Lord Howe of Aberavon claims the conservative and liberal coalition "not stable".He said that there are "many divisions" and it was not a system he "would like to see being extended."
Lord Howe, who as Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs served under Margaret Thatcher, is the opposite of a modification of the system for electing MPs.
He told BBC Radio Wales that it would lead to further coalition governments.
Speaking at the political programme Sunday Supplement he said: "the fact that we now have to settle for the coalition that we have today shows there are many divisions within the coalition which deprive us of the stable Government would you like a single majority party to pay the costs.
"It can survive with some stability, but it has included an amalgam of the legislation of both sides of the argument so to speak.
"The conversation between Cameron and Clegg to visualize the beginning-they would say ' you can that as I do that?"
"' Okay well let us and let's ..."-they have piled up in much of the legislation that the House of Lords has been struggling with. "
The peer Port Talbot-born, also known as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister served, said one example was the change in the funding of the Welsh language broadcaster S4C.
"It is not well controlled stable Government," he added.
Asked whether he thought the coalition would last the distance, he said: "We will have to wait and see.
"Tensions are noticeably in several ways.
"I think, that because it is an unusual experiment, people will try to make it as final, but it is not a system that would, I would like to see expanded."
Meanwhile, former independent MP Martin Bell, who is on the change to an alternative vote (AV supports) said the current system does not reflect the will of the people and compared with a "outdated mobile phone".
Mr Bell told Sunday Supplement: "the ' no ' campaign are all colleagues and the members who have all benefited from safe seats formany years."
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