I am tempted to intervene. I am grateful to my noble friend because I now remember. He was War Pensions Minister, if I remember rightly, and I am willing to bet that he found the external campaigning of what was then called COBSEO—it may be called something else now—very useful in trying to get money out of me for war pensions.
Public Bodies Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Newton of Braintree
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 21 December 2010.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Public Bodies Bill [HL].
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Reference
723 c1075 
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2010-12
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