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Minister resigns for being two minutes late!

Geoff Riley

1st February 2018

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A government minister resigns in the House of Lords for being 2 minutes late - ministerial responsibility in action! Remarkable scenes and reaction from those around him.

This is the extraordinary moment a government minister dramatically resigns and walks out of the House of Lords chamber after failing to be in his place to answer a question. pic.twitter.com/p63Lr9upW4
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) January 31, 2018

Shock in the House of Lords as a Minister Lord Bates resigns. https://t.co/YP5Vr1aRqP
— BBC Parliament (@BBCParliament) January 31, 2018

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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