Cyn Crossbench Peer
Cyn Arglwydd Crossbench
Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Arglwyddi ar 13 Hydref 2009
Yn flaenorol AS am Glasgow North East tan 22 Mehefin 2009 — Wedi ymddiswyddo
Gadawodd y Tŷ'r Arglwyddi ar 29 Ebrill 2018
Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 3 Mai 1979 — Etholiad cyffredinol
Party was Deputy Speaker until 23 Hyd 2000; Siaradwr until 11 Ebr 2005; Annibynnol until 11 Mai 2005; Siaradwr until 22 Meh 2009
Also represented Glasgow North East; Glasgow Springburn
My Lords, I will not take a moment. I have been very impressed by all the contributions to the debate. If Gurkha veterans living in the United Kingdom in their advancing years need to do so, will they get access to the hospital charities such as Erskine in Scotland, along with the other military hospitals?
One point of clarification would help me. The noble Lord, Lord Hamilton, put the case that cars—and quite luxurious ones for that matter—could be used during the course of seeking petitioners. Can the Minister say whether there will be a financial limit on the amount spent for that petitioning purpose? In every other democratic system there is a limit, and a very strict one at that.
In all my experience of petitions, they are public documents. The other place is famous for petitions being laid before Parliament. This is a public record, but now we are discussing the introduction of an element of secrecy about it. The recall of a Member of Parliament is a very serious matter. We are working through a process to remove a democratically elected Member of Parliament and we...
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