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Succession to Peerages Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Lord Winston (Labour) in the House of Lords on Friday, 11 September 2015. It occurred during Debate on bills on Succession to Peerages Bill [HL].

I am very grateful to my noble friend for allowing me to say a word. I want to be a loyal member of a paid-up Labour Party. I suspect, although I do not know, that there are quite a few disloyal members. However, I do not understand the argument here. Surely we are not talking about membership of the House of Lords or the size of the House; this is a different issue. We have to accept that we have to address that issue in a logical and rational fashion. I understand that on the whole my party is not particularly favourably disposed to the hereditary Peerage for whatever reason. However, that is not really what we are discussing here, is it?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
764 c1628 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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