Perhaps I can help my noble friend. I voted against the Government for the first time as a rather junior Member of this House, and the following week the Prime Minister rang me up and I joined the Government Whips’ Office. It was a form of promotion.
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Viscount Astor
(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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