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Proceeding contribution from Lord McNally (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 22 June 2011. It occurred during Debate on House of Lords: Reform.


House of Lords: Reform

A most unusual intervention from a Cross-Bencher—you are lucky that we do not have a Speaker. I did at one stage support the Steel Bill. I wanted it because it was the best on offer after the Straw-Hunt proposals were put on ice. The noble Baroness, Lady Royall, knows full well that she could have had the Steel Bill in its entirety in the previous Parliament and that we constantly promised her our votes for it. Yet again, we are dealing with things where the Labour Party, with 13 years to do something about them, did precisely nothing.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
728 c1378 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Elections House of Lords House of Commons Disqualification House of Lords composition Electoral systems Misconduct Offenders Powers Public appointments Peers Reform Single transferable vote Joint Committee on the Draft House of Lords Reform Bill Length of service
Legislation
Draft House of Lords Reform Bill
Link
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