Ministers: Legal Costs Debate

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Ministers: Legal Costs

Lord Anderson of Swansea Excerpts
Tuesday 12th March 2024

(8 months, 2 weeks ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Neville-Rolfe Portrait Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con)
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Advice to the Prime Minister, including from the ethics adviser, is not something that we would comment on.

Lord Anderson of Swansea Portrait Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab)
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I am sympathetic to the Minister, who is prone to having hospital passes from her colleagues that do not help her at all. Does she really think that her explanation at the Dispatch Box will convince the British public, let alone the Daily Mail?

Baroness Neville-Rolfe Portrait Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con)
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The statement the Secretary of State made this morning was full and clear. I have a great deal of respect for the Secretary of State. The action she took in the aftermath of 7 October was very understandable. We have now moved forward and resolved this. We should be caring about how we improve science and technology in this country.