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Lord Blencathra (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 30 January 2026

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Arrangement of Business

Contribution

My Lords, following the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, we seem to be in the extraordinary position where the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, has now brought forward a series of large new clauses and amendments. On the one hand, he has admitted that the Bill is fundamentally flawed, yet, on the other hand, he is threatening to drive it through via the Parliament Act. Doing so would mean driving through a Bill that he now admits is fundamentally flawed and needs amendments. Am I seeing something illogical there?

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