Interview: Baroness Walmsley, Liberal Democrat spokeswoman, House of Lords
By Janaki Mahadevan 02 March 2010
"The trouble is private members' bills don't go through unless the government is willing to give it a fair wind," says Baroness Walmsley of her attempts to get a Children's Rights Bill through the House of Lords.
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