House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Bill [HL]

I very much support the amendment, and apologise that I was unable to be in the House for Second ...

I want briefly to add my support. The noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, is a leading member of the Cam...

My Lords, I am totally in favour of this power being given to us. When we had the latest expulsio...

My Lords, the last thing I would want to do is delay the Bill in any way. I was shocked recently ...

My Lords, the Opposition fully support the noble Baroness in her endeavours. The noble Lord, Lord...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, whom I am tempted to call my noble friend on this occasion, as o...

I very much agree with that. That is a very sensible approach and I am sure that consensus could ...

I am slightly confused. I thought that this Bill was about dealing with people who transgressed t...

With the greatest of respect—and I have great respect for my noble friend—I think that he has mis...

My Lords, I hesitate to open up a wider debate about long-term Lords reform. We all know that we ...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I am sure he is right but does he also accept tha...

The noble Lord and I will discuss, off the Floor, the question of how easy it will be to get cons...

My Lords, I am very grateful to everyone who has spoken for their support for the general princip...

Moved by

Baroness Hayman

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I suspect that we will not have the same level of debate on this technical amendment. It was poin...

My Lords, here again the Government are sympathetic to the principle, but there are some technica...

My Lords, one thing I would never claim as one of my core skills is parliamentary draftsmanship. ...