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House of Lords (Amendment) Bill [HL]

My Lords, the noble Lord may have a very good memory, but others may think that there is some doubt about this, in particular, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. In Committee on my noble friend’s Bill, he said: "““There can be argument about whether an amendment that in time reduces that 10 per cent is actually a departure””.—[Official Report, 17/1/08; col. 1521.]" That is a departure from the original bargain made between the noble and learned Lord and the noble Marquess, Lord Salisbury—the then noble Viscount, Lord Cranborne.