The noble Lord is quite right. On Lords reform, he and I will march shoulder to shoulder towards an elected House. I do not understand why the Conservatives say that it is a second- or third-term issue. I remind the noble Lord that Sir Winston Churchill managed to lead a Government who brought in the Beveridge report and the Education Act 1944 while fighting a world war. When came this doctrine that a Government can do only one thing at a time?
House of Lords Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord McNally
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 19 March 2009.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
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Debate on bills on House of Lords Bill [HL].
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