Lord Reid of Cardowan
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Lord Faulks
I have absolutely no difficulty in acknowledging that, particularly the contributions by the Sunday Times and “Panorama”.
Lord Reid of Cardowan (Lab)
My Lords, should we not also place on record our appreciation for the initiative and courage of a Member of this House, my noble friend Lord Triesman, in raising this issue a long time ago and being thoroughly abused for it in many quarters at the time?
Lord Faulks
Equally, I am more than happy to raise that. We should also note that such is the momentum behind this investigation that we have some of the main culprits starting to turn against each other, so we can say that this investigation really has traction.