Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

My Lords, we are terribly interested in the noble Lord’s ministerial career in the House of Commons, but it has nothing at all to do with the amendment that we are discussing. It is a positive abuse. Further, the noble Lord has been speaking for 15 minutes, and the Companion says that, "““speakers are expected to keep within 15 minutes””," unless they are making, "““a speech of outstanding importance””," which the noble Lord most certainly is not.