While my noble friend Lord Cormack’s words are fresh in your Lordships’ ears, I remind the House of what happened in 2005, when the then Labour Government sent a Bill providing for the incarceration of suspected terrorists for 90 days without access to the law. This House sat from 2.30 pm on a Thursday until 7.31 pm on Friday night without ceasing to vote down amendments put by the House of Commons.
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Elton
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 22 July 2019.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Bill.
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