House of Lords (Cessation of Membership) Bill [HL]

Lord Trefgarne Excerpts

Friday 29th June 2012 Lords Chamber

[Lord Trefgarne]

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Sutherland, I intend to be very brief. I support the Bill proposed today by my noble friend Lord Steel. This is the fifth or sixth time that he has introduced a Bill along these lines but the one before us today is, in my judgment, considerably the best of them all. I therefore hope and believe that it will go swiftly through your Lordships’ House, on to the other place and perhaps on to the statute book in due course.

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[Lord Tyler]

I apologise for being slow to rise, but I was expecting the noble Lord, Lord Trefgarne, to speak next. I note that he is not doing so.

[Lord Trefgarne]

I have already done so.

[Lord Tyler]

I do apologise to your Lordships. I was making notes of all the points made but I failed to make a note of the contribution of the noble Lord, Lord Trefgarne.

[Lord Trefgarne]

I am so hurt.

[Noble Lords]

Oh!