Horsemeat and Food Fraud Debate

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Baroness Trumpington

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Horsemeat and Food Fraud

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Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill
Monday 11th February 2013

(11 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord De Mauley Portrait Lord De Mauley
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My Lords, I am confident that they do.

Baroness Trumpington Portrait Baroness Trumpington
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My Lords, may I ask the Minister whether he remembers or is aware of a debate on 1 May 1991? It concerned a Question from Lord Campbell of Croy, and I as the relevant Minister replied, using a few words written by the then Member for Penrith and The Border. What was his name?

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Portrait Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
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It was David Maclean.

Baroness Trumpington Portrait Baroness Trumpington
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Absolutely. He said:

“A Scotsman’s belief

Is that mince must be beef.

Imitations bring instant dismissal.

But some people abroad

Will contentedly plod

Through a plate full of horsemeat and gristle”.

Lord De Mauley Portrait Lord De Mauley
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I thank my noble friend and point out to her that the occasion of which she speaks occurred no less than 14 years before I arrived in your Lordships’ House.

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