House of Lords: Facilities Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

House of Lords: Facilities

Earl Ferrers Excerpts
Wednesday 25th May 2011

(12 years, 12 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Strathclyde Portrait Lord Strathclyde
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My Lords, as the noble Baroness knows, we will have a debate very soon. When we have organised a date we shall let the House know. It is of course entirely up to the House and its committees to make recommendations on implementation, but I am hopeful that some recommendations can be put into effect very speedily.

Earl Ferrers Portrait Earl Ferrers
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My Lords, would my noble friend the Leader of the House agree with me that the Government are perfectly mad to increase the size of the House to 800?

Lord Strathclyde Portrait Lord Strathclyde
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My Lords, my noble friend was a Member of the House when it had a membership of well over 1,000.