Word: peeresses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...situation stirred an uproar. In the House of Lords, a Laborite peeress asked scathingly if the government considered it "conducive to British prestige that holders of British passports should be wandering about the world like Flying Dutchmen." Finally, beleaguered Home Secretary James Callaghan issued Ranjan a three-month entry permit. He also warned: "I cannot promise to make it easy for those who try to jump the queue...