Member

I know and trust the noble Baroness the Lord Privy Seal. She keeps her word. I know that her own honourable intentions, repeated today, and her deep interest in this House are every bit as genuine and honourable as were those of that great Labour Lord Chancellor 27 years ago. However, I, too, have been Lord Privy Seal and Leader of your Lordships’ House. I also sat in her place as a lone Member of your Lordships’ House in Cabinet. I know all too well the urgencies and priorities of colleagues in another place. I know from bitter experience the competing pressures to legislate—my goodness, we are living that in this Session already, are we not?