The Prime Minister has given an awful lot of important portfolios to Members of the House of Lords. Does he recall how Aneurin Bevan used to draw the attention of the House to the need to speak to the organ grinder instead of the monkey? Can he ensure that we consider having Ministers who hold portfolios in the other House answering questions at this Dispatch Box and the other way around?
Constitutional Reform
Proceeding contribution from
Andrew Mackinlay
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 3 July 2007.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Constitutional Reform.
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