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Viscount Hailsham (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 26 November 2025

Debate

Ministerial Code

Contribution

My Lords, while I do not wish in any way to criticise proper criticisms of breaches of the code, may I suggest that the intemperate language used on occasion, and references to what are trivial breaches of the code, are often very damaging to the reputation of Parliament itself? Politicians and the media need to be very careful about how they express themselves in this context.

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