Thursday 26th February 2015

(9 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Kerr of Kinlochard Portrait Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
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My Lords, I intervene briefly in the gap—

Baroness Garden of Frognal Portrait Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD)
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My Lords, I apologise but the noble Lord, Lord Stoddart, was going to speak in the gap first.

Lord Stoddart of Swindon Portrait Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Ind Lab)
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The noble Lord is on his feet. Let him stay there.

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Baroness Garden of Frognal Portrait Baroness Garden of Frognal
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I apologise to the noble Lord that the monitor has gone out, but he has reached his 10 minutes plus.

Lord Grantchester Portrait Lord Grantchester
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I do apologise. May I be allowed a minute to wind up—or half a minute?

I was going to go on to reflect on our party’s approach to climate change, the global demands for food and the strategies of the CAP. I was going to conclude that the conclusions of the noble Lord, Lord Willoughby de Broke, in his opening remarks are quite wrong. The logical conclusion would be to call for a new Labour Government—after all, it is the only party with a long-term economic plan.