Debates between Lord Kennedy of Southwark and Lord Pannick during the 2019 Parliament

Arrangement of Business

Debate between Lord Kennedy of Southwark and Lord Pannick
Wednesday 15th May 2024

(2 weeks, 4 days ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Kennedy of Southwark Portrait Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)
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My Lords, I fully endorse the comments from the Government Chief Whip. As I have said before, if we follow the Companion we will get more interventions from Members across the House. As she said, Question Time is Question Time; it is not speech time.

Lord Pannick Portrait Lord Pannick (CB)
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My Lords, let me point out that the problem yesterday was that Front-Bench questions were so long that there was no time for any Back-Bench contribution.