All 1 Debates between Lord Desai and Lord Richard

Parliament Square (Management) Bill [HL]

Debate between Lord Desai and Lord Richard
Friday 1st July 2011

(13 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Desai Portrait Lord Desai
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My Lords, I am coming to that. My background is that of a demonstrator. I demonstrated in Grosvenor Square against the American war in Vietnam, I helped students occupy the LSE and I did various other things.

Lord Richard Portrait Lord Richard
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My noble friend demonstrated in Grosvenor Square, he did not sleep in it. He is making a link between demonstrating and sleeping somewhere in a tent. That seems somewhat tenuous.