Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Debate between Lord Forsyth of Drumlean and Lord Brabazon of Tara

Monday 24th January 2011 Lords Chamber

[The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Skelmersdale)]

I should tell the Committee that if this amendment is agreed to I cannot call Amendments 71C to 72A.

[Lord Forsyth of Drumlean]

My Lords, I intervene briefly because in the debate on the amendment on the Isle of Wight, which my noble friend moved so successfully, I touched on the issue of Ross, Skye and Lochaber. There is a famous painting by Erskine Nicol called “Lochaber No More”, which depicts the clansmen saying goodbye to their families as they leave for the New World. It is now a part of the Fleming collection and is the picture that is most frequently in demand to be loaned abroad. There is a long tradition, and I am sure the noble Lord will forgive me for correcting his pronunciation of Lochaber.