Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 18 Rhagfyr 1973.
Is the Prime Minister aware that in that speech the noble Lord invited moderates and constituents in our constituencies to note the names of over one in four of hon. Members who were allegedly subverting the constitution? As the Government move towards the brink in their rhetoric of collision and confrontation, does the right hon. Gentleman agree that there are genuine dangers to democracy in a situation in which the constitution which those of us who are moderates would support no longer rests on the consent of the governed and when the sacrifices which have to be made are clearly not being delivered with the even-handedness which is needed in the measures that the Government have announced?