Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:59 pm on 28 June 2005.
Lord Pilkington of Oxenford
Conservative
2:59,
28 June 2005
My Lords, will the Minister put a little flesh on the bones? What is the problem of racial discrimination in Radnorshire? The Minister said that the problem of the court was racial discrimination, and I would like to know what the problem is in Radnorshire. I spent my honeymoon there!
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