Llin Golding, Baroness Golding
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Llinos Golding, Baroness Golding (born 21 March, 1933) is a Labour member of the House of Lords. She was created a Life Peer in 2001. She was the member of parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1986 to 2001 - she replaced her husband John Golding and is the daughter of Ness Edwards MP.
Lady Golding was the peer who vouched for the two protesters who threw a flour bomb at Prime Minister Tony Blair during Prime Minister's Questions on May 19 2004. By vouching for them, Golding made it possible for the pair to access an area of the Commons viewing gallery not behind a glass security screen. There is no suggestion that she had any idea of their protest plans. Later the same afternoon, she tearfully apologized to the Houses of Lords and Commons for her part in the affair.
External links
- Lady Golding's Statement on the May 19 incident (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/pdvn/lds04/text/40519-04.htm#40519-04_head0)