Viscount Oxfuird
Former Conservative Peer
Former Conservative Peer
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In speaking to this clause I declare an interest, as I did at Second Reading, as a member of the Lords and Commons Pipe and Cigar Smokers' Club. The purpose of my opposition to Clause 8 standing part of the Bill has been made manifest by the debate on the amendments. The matter needs further and slightly more urgent consideration. We have the problem of the word "advertisement", which was...
I thank my noble friend Lady O'Cathain for her comments. I am trying to see where I used the words "point of sale". It is not in my script. Oh yes, it is in the Explanatory Notes. I take my noble friend's advice and thank her for it.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What contribution each of the following sectors made to the gross domestic product of the economy in the year 2000: sport and recreation; land-based industries; audio visual industries; apparel, footwear and textiles; petrochemicals; and retailing.
Former Conservative Peer
Entered the House of Lords in 1986
Left the House of Lords on 3 January 2003
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