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British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Bill - Third Reading

House of Lords, 26 April 2021.

Motion

Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative)

My Lords, this is a small and perfectly formed Bill, which attracted very little controversy and corrects a long-standing anomaly in the ability of the British Library to fund itself. It has been ignored by the mainstream press but, such was the obsequious nature with which I approached these proceedings and the praise I lavished on so many of your Lordships, it received a full write-up in Private Eye. I beg to move.

Bill passed.