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Lord Blencathra (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 27 February 2026

Debate

Arrangement of Business

Contribution

My Lords, we all agree with the Chief Whip, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, that everything in this House should be treated with kindness, courtesy and respect. Will he therefore condemn in no uncertain terms the articles in the last couple of days suggesting that there are seven Peers who are filibustering and that a handful of Peers are putting down hundreds of amendments to sabotage the Bill? If he runs a check today, as I have meticulously have, he will find that in the first six groups, 41 different Peers have tabled amendments—not seven Peers, not a handful of Peers, but 41. They are doing so in order to make this very badly drafted Bill better, and to try and make things safer for all concerned.

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