A peer was blocked from taking part in a House of Lords debate after being accused of falling asleep. Labour peer Lord Young of Norwood Green was told he could not take part in a debate on regulations governing genetic modification by Government frontbencher Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist.
As he stood to speak in the debate, Lord Young, 79, said: “I wanted to take part in this debate because I stake my position as somebody who is a Remainer. But if there’s two things that I welcome in coming out of the Common Market, one is the CAP and this particular gene editing…”
Government whip Lady Bloomfield intervened to say: “I am sorry, but the noble lord was fast asleep for the entire duration of the minister’s speech. He really should not participate in this debate having failed to take advantage of the ability to hear him.”
