Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill [HL]

Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill (HL). Lords Committee stage. Clauses 1 to 6 agreed to. Schedule agreed to. bill reported without amendment.

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2006-07

Lord Norton of Louth | 690 c1205 (Link to this contribution) I support my noble friend’s amendment, which I touched on at Second Reading. On the face of it, an a...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 690 c1204-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Clause 2 , page 2, line 5, leave out ““Commission”” The noble Lord said...

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Baroness Amos | 690 c1204 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Moved acc...

Lord McNally | 690 c1206 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment. I speak as someone who strongly supports the idea of joint operations betwe...

Lord Norton of Louth | 690 c1206 (Link to this contribution) I support my noble friend’s amendment. I added my name to it because it is a sensible way of address...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 690 c1205-6 (Link to this contribution) I must first apologise if I appeared to be treating the Lord President as though she were speaking f...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 690 c1206 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 2: 2: After Clause 2 , insert the following new Clause— ““Annual report A join...

Baroness Amos | 690 c1209 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to say that both Houses would have to be satisfied. That is absolutely the case.

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 690 c1208-9 (Link to this contribution) I acknowledged that, so far as the Bill and the arrangements under it apply only to PICT, this is pr...

Baroness Amos | 690 c1208 (Link to this contribution) Again, I appreciate and understand the point that the noble Lord seeks to address through the amendm...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 690 c1207-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3: 3: Clause 3 , page 2, line 18, leave out ““both”” and insert ““each of the”...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 690 c1207 (Link to this contribution) I seem to have support in principle from all three major parties in the House. As I confessed when m...

Baroness Amos | 690 c1206-7 (Link to this contribution) I have some sympathy with the spirit of the amendment proposed. The noble Lord, Lord Cope, is quite ...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 690 c1209 (Link to this contribution) That makes my position much easier. As ““both”” seems to mean much the same as ““each””, I beg leave...

Baroness Amos | 690 c1205 (Link to this contribution) I think that it would be helpful to clarify that this is not a government Bill. I am taking the Bill...