Lord Strathclyde
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(12 years, 4 months ago)
Lords ChamberI have already given way once. Tucker is saying one thing and Diamond is saying another, so one or other of them must be lying. On the outcome—
When two noble Lords are trying to speak at the same time one really ought to give way to the other. They are both from the Labour Party so perhaps they ought to decide among themselves.
Will the Minister confirm that the legal provisions for the offences of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting are sufficiently wide to cover most, if not all, of the wrongdoing in this field?