Lord Cormack
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Baroness Stowell of Beeston
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 (Con)
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?