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Quote from Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbots in Hansard (Lords) 18 March 2008
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| (Wednesday, 26 March 2008) Written by Jane Pallant |
| 'When we finally finished the Companies Act, the Minister’s predecessor, the noble Lord, Lord Sainsbury, kindly threw us a party, which we had in the offices of what was then the DTI and is now DBERR in Victoria Street.
It was a jolly affair. There was one man there who I thought looked rather down at the mouth about life. I went to talk to him because I thought that this was an occasion for an hour’s release from prison. It turned out that he was the parliamentary draftsman.... (766 more chars) |