"My Lords, when the Treasury team are preparing the Budget, will they have a look at the precedent of Sir Geoffrey Howe’s Budget of 1981, which was delivered in very similar economic circumstances to those of today? It was the most unpopular Budget of my political lifetime but also one …..." Lord Clarke of Nottingham - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister accept that it is a scandalous disgrace that in this country some victims and people charged with offences have to wait months and sometimes years before a trial can take place? Does he therefore agree that, in those circumstances, the Government have no choice but …..." Lord Clarke of Nottingham - View Speech