We all value enormously the contribution which my noble friend makes to this House, and I very much support his view about improving the diversity of this House and having more disabled people in it. But surely by limiting the cohort in the way that by-elections do, he is arguing against himself.
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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