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Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill

House of Lords, 16 July 2012.

Second Reading (and remaining stages)

Lord Grocott (Labour)

My Lords, I rise only to reflect that if this were a fully elected House, the proceedings that have just taken us about 30 seconds would probably have taken us three weeks instead.

Bill passed.