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Postponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2009

Debates on delegated legislation on Wednesday, 4 February 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon. The answering member was Lord Glentoran.

Draft Postponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2009. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

707 c199-207GC

Session

2008-09

Department

Northern Ireland Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee

Postponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2009, Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2009
Monday, 9 February 2009
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords

Postponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2009
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Statutory instruments
House of Lords
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Lord Browne of Belmont | 707 c203-4GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for introducing the order. I declare two registered interests that arise ...

Lord Lyell | 707 c205GC (Link to this contribution) I apologise; I had the wrong animal. I wondered why the wonderful Northern Ireland Office is always ...

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Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 707 c207GC (Link to this contribution) That would seem logical. However, for the moment, I must say that before too much of 2011 elapses, w...

Lord Kilclooney | 707 c205GC (Link to this contribution) It was a tiger.

Lord Lyell | 707 c204-5GC (Link to this contribution) I should like to ask the noble Baroness a few questions; she may be kind enough to write to me if ne...

Lord Kilclooney | 707 c207GC (Link to this contribution) In order to clarify my mind, perhaps I may ask a further question. Does that mean that even if there...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 707 c199-201GC (Link to this contribution) I understand that the Order Paper states that both orders will be debated together. However, I inten...

Lord Kilclooney | 707 c202-3GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for her introduction of this order. I should like to make a few comments....

Lord Bew | 707 c204GC (Link to this contribution) First, I warmly welcome the noble Baroness to the Northern Ireland part of her extensive and weighty...

Lord Kilclooney | 707 c206-7GC (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister sits down, I want to raise two or three points. First, we had a Celtic tiger in ...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 707 c205-6GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the general welcome given to the order, and to the noble Lord, Lord Glentoran, for...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 707 c207GC (Link to this contribution) It is absolutely clear that the current system of co-option will continue. There will therefore be b...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 707 c199GC (Link to this contribution) That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Postponement of Local Ele...

Lord Glentoran | 707 c201-2GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for such a clear description of the order. In principle, I have no object...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 707 c202GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, thank the noble Baroness for introducing the Postponement of Local Elections (Northern Irela...

Subjects

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Councillors

Elections

District councils

Local government

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Assembly

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