I may be mistaken—I do not know the noble Lord desperately well—but I think that, in a former incarnation, he was a Whip. It is not normal, when asked a question, to pose a question back, but I would be inclined to ask the noble Lord, if the House so allowed me, whether, when he was a Whip, he thought it a good idea that everyone who received a note from him in another place be required to divulge the contents of that note. My guess—I may be wrong—is that he would not necessarily have been desperately happy at that.
Loans to Ireland Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Newby
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 21 December 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Loans to Ireland Bill.
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