 | 'The Secretary of State for Defence - I am sorry that he has left his place on the Front Bench - who once publicly and passionately committed himself to standing for the Scottish Parliament, apparently now sees himself as God's gift to our armed forces and as indispensable. Is it not wonderful how a few months at the Cabinet table quench a Scottish Labour Front Bencher's enthusiasm for the building of the brave new Scotland?' Michael Kerr, Earl of Ancram, MP, Hansard, 12 th January 1998. |  |
