Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2014 Queen’s Speech
"My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, representing as he does so powerfully the radical and reformist view of the Labour Party.
Europe has been the source and fountainhead of all the really great political ideas and philosophies that we observe: democracy, liberalism, …..." Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon - View Speech
"Regarding my noble friend’s last answer, I do not know how much the European Union spent on creating a sustainable peace and a functional state in Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, I wonder if my noble friend would accept from me that, however much was spent, the figure amounted to tens of times …..." Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon - View Speech