Constitution Inquiry Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office
Monday 14th June 2021

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord True Portrait Lord True (Con)
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My Lords, I certainly agree that striving for commonalities is wise advice to us all.

Lord Grocott Portrait Lord Grocott (Lab)
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My Lords, on constitutional reform, can the Minister confirm that, following the retirement of the Countess of Mar, all Peers among the 92 places reserved for hereditaries are men; that all 21 candidates in today’s by-election for three Conservative hereditaries are men; and that all 10 candidates for the Cross-Bench vacancy are men? Is this not utterly unacceptable? What are the Government going to do about it?

Lord True Portrait Lord True (Con)
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My Lords, the Government will continue to apply the law of the land until the law of the land is changed.