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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Lynch

Peer blocked from taking part in debate after ‘falling asleep’ in the Lords

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.

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