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Queen's Speech

Proceeding contribution from Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Labour) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 10 May 2012. It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Queen's Speech.

The Leader of the House has not yet mentioned another little time bomb that is ticking away—a committee that has been set up under the chairmanship of Bill McKay to look at how votes are carried out in the House of Commons and to exclude Northern Irish, Welsh and Scottish Members from voting on matters that are purely English, or designated as such. That is an important matter that relates to the reform of the House of Lords, but no mention has been made of it or how it fits in. Has the Leader of the House thought of that? Have the Government thought about it, and what are they going to do about it?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
737 c33 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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