Theresa May tried her hand at a Scottish accent as she mimicked Tory colleague Baroness Goldie during jovial remarks in her House of Lords debut. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I hope she won't mind if I tell the story of the day of my introduction when I was standing in the Moses Room with my supporters waiting to process into the chamber
00:09and my noble friend turned up with a very large envelope for me and my supporters indicated how generous it was of her to give me a gift.
00:16And she said,
00:18It's the companion on standing orders to read during recess.
00:30I have not yet been tested on it, but I would like to thank my noble friend for the help and support that she has given me, not just recently, but over many years.
00:42People outside of this house have said to me, Oh don't worry, you were a Member of Parliament for Maidenhead for 27 years.
00:50It'll be alright, you'll know what the ropes are, you'll know the rules.
00:54And I say no, this is a very different place.
00:59And when they say how, I say well, for a start, their Lordships normally only speak when they know what they're talking about.
01:10And I will endeavour, my Lords, to follow that rule in my contributions in this place.