House of Lords (Amendment) Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
House of Lords (Amendment) Bill [HL]
Debate on bills on Friday, 18 May 2007,
in the House of Lords,
led by Lord Avebury.
The answering
member was Baroness Ashton of Upholland.
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692 c416-42Session
2006-07Legislative stage
Second readingChamber / Committee
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Campbell of Alloway | 692 c422-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Lea of Crondall, said: this is not the Bill to get ...
Lord Addington | 692 c425 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I think the noble Lady refers to my noble friend Lord Steel’s Bill. This Bill does not men...
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Lord Lea of Crondall | 692 c421-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, if the noble Lord, Lord Lester, reads Hansard tomorrow, he will see that I said that I hav...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 692 c438-41 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I join the sentiments expressed aboutthe noble Lord, Lord Avebury, with whom I havehad the...
Lord Avebury | 692 c441-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all those who have taken part in the debate, particularly to th...
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 692 c435-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this Bill and that of the noble Lord, Lord Steel, both of which I hope will be given a Sec...
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 692 c437 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord but, in view of his remarks, I wonder whether he is aware ...
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 692 c432-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Avebury epitomises the very best of conscience and reform in his dedi...
Baroness Thomas of Walliswood | 692 c431-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Ivery much welcome my noble friend’s proposed amendment to the House of Lords Act 1999. We...
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 692 c435 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is the doctrine of the unripe time. As I understand the doctrine, in the wonderful book...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 692 c435 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for giving way again. The point I was making—I think the same is tr...
Lord Rea | 692 c428-30 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have not so far participated in debates on the reform of the House. That has been, in pa...
Lady Saltoun of Abernethy | 692 c424-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the wisdom and propriety of a Private Member’s Bill being used to effect the final and ful...
Lady Saltoun of Abernethy | 692 c425 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I beg your Lordships’ pardon. I was looking at the wrong Bill.
Altogether, I like this Bi...
Lord Strabolgi | 692 c425-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords I am sure that we areall grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, for introducing the Bill...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 692 c419-21 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, everyone will understand that there is total commitment in the Labour Party to addressing ...
Lord Avebury | 692 c416-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time.
It may well be true that one cann...
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 692 c421 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord. Can he help in one respect? So far, he has not said ...
Lord De Mauley | 692 c437-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for his intervention, but it does not change my position o...
Lord Norton of Louth | 692 c435 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I do not follow the noble Lord’s argument about unripe time, as the Bill of the noble Lord...
Lord De Mauley | 692 c436-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wish that I could say that it gave me pleasure to welcome a Bill introduced by the noble...
Lord Campbell of Alloway | 692 c434 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord used my expression ““haste”” in a context in which I did not use it. I tota...
Lord Northbrook | 692 c430-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I find it slightly surprising that the Bill is being introduced by a Peer elected under th...
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 692 c434-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I understand that now and I stand corrected. I perfectly agree with the implication that t...
Lord Addington | 692 c428 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank my noble friend for bringing forward this Bill and want to take on a little of the...
Lord Norton of Louth | 692 c426-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it may be worth reminding the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, that the Parliament (No 2) Bill in...
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