Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Viscount Ridley Excerpts
Wednesday 4th September 2019

(5 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Viscount Ridley Portrait Viscount Ridley (Con)
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I am most grateful to my noble friend for giving way. Does he recall, as I do, Members of this House, particularly from the Opposition Benches, asking on many occasions for things to be referred to the Constitution Committee because they wanted to check whether something was constitutional? It seems to me that there is a surprising degree of hypocrisy here.

Lord True Portrait Lord True
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I do not normally like to use the H word, but it will be printed in Hansard and I will not be applying for it to be expunged.