All 1 Debates between Countess of Mar and Lord Porter of Spalding

East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018

Debate between Countess of Mar and Lord Porter of Spalding
Wednesday 9th May 2018

(6 years, 7 months ago)

Grand Committee
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Lord Porter of Spalding Portrait Lord Porter of Spalding (Con)
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I am sorry, but somebody will have to clarify whether I can speak. I was not here at the start of the debate, so I did not know that the Committee agreed to take the instruments en bloc. I intended to get here as quickly as I could, so I thought I could at least speak on the second pair when they were reached.

Countess of Mar Portrait The Deputy Chairman of Committees (The Countess of Mar) (CB)
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My Lords, the rules say that if a noble Lord is not present at the beginning of the debate he cannot take part in it.