Former Labour Peer
Entered the House of Lords on 15 June 2005
Previously MP for Ochil until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
Left the House of Lords on 26 August 2020
Entered the House of Commons on 3 May 1979 — General election
Also represented Ochil; Clackmannan; Stirlingshire East and Clackmannan
Can the Minister tell us why we should believe what he says about buses when the Government betrayed the trust they sought from the British electorate at the last election? They clearly broke their manifesto pledge there, so why should this promise be worth any more than the previous one?
My Lords, in the last 12 months, I have spent rather more time watching television than has been my usual habit. I very quickly began to lose the will to live with the extensive coverage of Brexit, so I took refuge in some of the Freeview channels. They will not necessarily win a Palme d’Or for their westerns or adventure films, which relive the days of my youth in the 1950s. The fact is...
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