Government Standards Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Government Standards

Baroness Butler-Sloss Excerpts
Thursday 25th July 2024

(4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Smith of Basildon Portrait Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab)
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Of course. It is a given that for good decision-making it is necessary to have good input from different sources. I am unclear why the noble Baroness asked that; I would have thought it was an automatic requisite of good decision-making.

Baroness Butler-Sloss Portrait Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)
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Should the House of Lords Appointments Commission be given teeth so as always to have appropriate people as Members of the House?