Judiciary: Independence Debate

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Department: Scotland Office
Tuesday 15th November 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Keen of Elie Portrait Lord Keen of Elie
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The Lord Chancellor is well aware of her obligations in terms of Section 3 of the Act and has addressed those obligations. It was not appropriate that she should give a knee-jerk reaction to sensationalist headlines. What she did was to consider a series of press reports and the public reaction to those, and then respond in a coherent and timely manner.

Lord Cormack Portrait Lord Cormack (Con)
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Does my noble and learned friend accept that his response in this House last week was exemplary?

None Portrait Noble Lords
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Oh!