Polite rebuke

[webofevil]

The House of Lords encourages elegance and politeness, which I can’t help but enjoy.

Lord Tordoff (LD): My Lords, I hope that the noble Lord will forgive me if I draw his attention to the Companion. Paragraph 4.44 states:

In debates where there are no formal time limits, members opening or winding up, from either side, are expected to keep within 20 minutes. Other speakers are expected to keep within 15 minutes.

I fear that the noble Lord has now been speaking for 23 minutes and a number of us who are in support of him will find ourselves less so than when he started.

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[webofevil.livejournal.com]

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