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Terrorist Attack in Paris

Recall of MPs Bill

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Media Plurality: Communications Committee Report
Wednesday 14th January 2015

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Taylor of Bolton Portrait Baroness Taylor of Bolton
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I think that my noble friend will find that a Labour MP from Liverpool was actually sentenced for non-payment of the poll tax as a political protest.

Lord Rogan Portrait Lord Rogan (UUP)
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The noble Lord, Lord Maginnis, served time in prison in Belfast for a political rather than a criminal act.

Lord Finkelstein Portrait Lord Finkelstein
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Is it the noble Lord’s judgment in those cases that recall would have been successful?

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