Debates between Lord Geddes and Lord Sutherland of Houndwood during the 2010-2015 Parliament

Wed 20th Jul 2011

Education Bill

Debate between Lord Geddes and Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
Wednesday 20th July 2011

(13 years, 4 months ago)

Grand Committee
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Lord Sutherland of Houndwood Portrait Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
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My Lords, on a point of order I wonder whether we could have the timing clocks switched on. I am tempted to add wickedly that I am constructing a league table of length of contributions and I have yet to decide whether it will be published anonymously or not.

Lord Geddes Portrait The Deputy Chairman of Committees
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My Lords, there is a technical problem. Unfortunately, the clocks were not switched on at the beginning of this amendment and there is no way of winding them back, even though we all know that we started at 11.57 am. If the noble Lord could do some mental arithmetic, it would satisfy his curiosity.