Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 11:49 am ar 21 Mawrth 2024.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Deputy Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speaker (Lords)
11:49,
21 Mawrth 2024
My Lords, further to the excellent question from the Minister’s noble friend Lord Forsyth about the attitude of this House towards the Rwanda Bill, will he care to put his ministerial colleague Mr Tomlinson right on remarks that he made on the “Peston” programme last night? He said that the Government lost the seven votes in this House yesterday because of all the votes of the Labour Peers who were whipped into the Lobby by Sir Keir Starmer. Can he point out what the arithmetic is in the relationship between Conservative Peers and Labour Peers?
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