Arrangement of Business Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Arrangement of Business

Baroness Garden of Frognal Excerpts
Thursday 18th January 2024

(11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Kennedy of Southwark Portrait Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)
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I endorse the comments of the Leader of the House about Question Time. I have always said that the clue is in the title: it is Question Time.

Baroness Garden of Frognal Portrait Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD)
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My Lords, I suggest that the Whips could be a bit more assertive when people go over time, because often they sit there while the time goes on and the rest of the House is getting agitated, but they do not intervene. Please can they intervene rather more?