The Minister suggested that this was an instruction from the House of Commons. I am still relatively new to this House. I thought that this Chamber was essentially bound by manifesto commitments from the ruling party going through the House of Commons. As the Minister said, that was a free vote in the House of Commons. If a free vote in the House of Lords gave a different result, would that not count? How is the Minister bound only by the House of Commons?
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Smith of Newnham
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 15 July 2019.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill.
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Reference
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Session
2017-19
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2019-07-31 15:30:22 +0100
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