Westminster: Security Debate
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(5 years, 9 months ago)
Lords ChamberI have got mine too. There should be none of this, “Do you not know who I am?”; I have never heard people say that in this House. The only reason we are ever asked is in order to protect us.
My Lords, it used to be a cardinal democratic principle that elected representatives of our people had the right to attend Parliament and voice opinions on behalf of those constituents. Is that still the case?
It absolutely is, and it is the central plank of our parliamentary democracy.