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Debate between Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury and Viscount Hailsham
Tuesday 4th February 2020

(4 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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My Lords, Downing Street’s director of communications, Lee Cain, said:

“We are welcome to brief whoever we want whenever we want”.


But does the noble Earl not agree that this democratically elected Government are not welcome to ban whatever news outlet or journalist they want whenever they want? What were the criteria for this smaller meeting and where was the transparency? When does a smaller meeting shrink so much that it becomes Dominic Cummings or some other special adviser on his or her own?

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