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Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 30 January 2026

Debate

Arrangement of Business

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I cannot do that. What I can say to my noble friend is that, in my 16 years in the House, I have found that some groups take longer than others and some get dealt with very quickly. I think we all need to use our best endeavours to make some more progress. We cannot set minutes per group; it does not work like that. Sometimes, I have sat here, and a group has been dealt with very quickly in two or three minutes; other times, I have sat here for three or four hours. I just think that we should all try to make more progress. If we have sat for four, five, six or seven hours and done only two or three groups, that is, in my opinion, quite slow, and we should look to do more than that. I hope that that helps my noble friend.

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