A fun little game

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All you have to do (and please, do not cheat) is guess the year in which the following speech was made in the House of Lords:

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Some clues, because I'm nice.

1. The speaker is clearly male.
2. The peer's name is in purple: this means that I have clicked on the name of the speaker before. I have a professional interest in the history of planning, housing and local government issues in Great Britain.
3. The peer has a rather distinctive manner of speaking.

You might be able to work out from the above who the peer is or might be from this, which would at least give you a range of years. Or not.

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Oh yes, the last reservoir to be built in England is Carsington Water in the middle of Derbyshire (which is not in Southern England). Planning started in the late 60s, construction in 1979 and it was opened in 1992. The building of it took a lot longer than it was supposed to as there was a dam collapse during construction in 1984.