My Lords, the Minister asked what has changed since then. The answer is the incident with Damian Green. We never considered that those powers would be exercised in the way that they were. They were exercised in that particular way and, as a result, the House is now extremely vigilant before giving them to anyone else.
Political Parties and Elections Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Bates
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 15 June 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Political Parties and Elections Bill.
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