Counsellors of State Bill [Lords]

I rise to strongly support the Bill. It is clearly a non-political piece of legislation, as the r...

I will not detain the House for too long. The Bill is what it is, and it does what it says it wil...

Order. The Bill before the House has a very narrow scope, so perhaps the hon. Gentleman could foc...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Modernisation is vital, but the institution must help itself to mod...

I rise briefly to add my support to the Bill, and to congratulate the Chancellor of the Duchy of ...

With the leave of the House, I will keep my closing remarks short. We have been debating a Bill t...

May I say that I miss her, too?

Ah.

I live for days like this in Parliament. Never did I think when I was young that I would be debat...

I did love the intervention and the response, which was like something from “Love Actually”. [ La...

It is a genuine pleasure to close a Second Reading debate in which there has been such consensus,...

You’ll feel it one day!

One day, maybe—who knows?

As several hon. Members pointed out, the Bill is a necessary shor...