My Lords, far be it from me to come to the defence of the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, but I read the article. What he said was that having almost two and half times as many candidates as electors, and an electorate of only three, was laughable. He in no way impugned the authority or the contribution that the noble Viscount makes to this House.
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Friday, 23 March 2018.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL].
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