House of Lords (Members’ Taxation Status) Bill [HL]

Before the noble Lord sits down, because he is obviously replying, I am happy to clarify, although I did not think that it was worth it, that those statements were actually made in the Sunday Times, but these days the Murdoch press, particularly the Telegraph, reprints large chunks of what has been in the British papers. I noticed that when I was in Australia last year. So, yes I did and they were in the Sunday Times. I hope that deals with that and that we can get on with the substance.