United Kingdom Internal Market Bill
Debate between Lord Thomas of Gresford and Baroness Fookes
Committee stage
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Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard)
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Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
Wednesday 28th October 2020
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Wednesday 28th October 2020
(4 years, 1 month ago)
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The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Baroness Fookes) (Con)
The noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, has withdrawn, so I now call the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford.
Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD) [V]
My Lords, the House of Lords is coming to a watershed. When we threw out the statutory instrument in relation to tax credits in 2015, the reaction of the Government was to wheel in the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, to set up a review. His report advised that the House of Commons should be given the power to overrule this House should it ever have the temerity to do the same thing again. Since then, the Labour Party has followed an unwavering policy of abstaining on fatal amendments to statutory instruments.