Orders of the Day — National Lottery Bill [Lords]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:40 pm on 7 April 1998.

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Photo of Gareth Thomas Gareth Thomas Labour, Harrow West 7:40, 7 April 1998

Does my hon. Friend welcome as I do the comments by the former Cabinet Minister William Waldegrave that were published in The Daily Telegraphon 23 March? He described NESTA as a welcome, imaginative and wise project. Does my hon. Friend further agree that that contrasts markedly with the grudging and mealy-mouthed attitude of Opposition Members, and that, just as electoral defeat has improved William Waldegrave's attitude, a period of defeat might improve the attitude of Conservative Members?