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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Lord Chancellor's Departmemt – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 May 2001.

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Photo of Jane Kennedy Jane Kennedy Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department 12:00, 8 May 2001

I will, of course, take careful note of all the points that my hon. Friend raises. The Lord Chancellor was one of the first Lord Chancellors to consider that political balance may not be an appropriate way to measure social balance on benches, and that was the result of the landslide at the last General Election.

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