Outcome of the EU Referendum Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Outcome of the EU Referendum

Lord Cormack Excerpts
Monday 27th June 2016

(8 years, 4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Stowell of Beeston Portrait Baroness Stowell of Beeston
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As I have already said, clearly it is very important that Parliament has a role in this process, but at this time I am not able to specify what that role is.

Lord Cormack Portrait Lord Cormack (Con)
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My Lords, does my noble friend accept that an enormous responsibility lies on the shoulders of the members of the Conservative Party in this country? They will be choosing not only a leader of the party but effectively a Prime Minister. Therefore, is it not crucial that they take into account the qualities of those who may be on offer, bearing in mind that we need a steadying hand on the tiller and someone who has the gift of statesmanship, and that the gifts of demagogy are not necessarily the same as the attributes of statesmanship?