Constitutional Convention Bill [HL]

My Lords, it is very good to hear the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, reassert yet again how deeply con...

I am very sorry that the noble Lord no longer speaks in an official capacity on the Liberal Front...

My Lords, I did speak at Second Reading. The main point I made was that I thought the Bill was fa...

My Lords, I very much agree with the first two points made by the noble Lord, Lord Steel of Aikwo...

We are discussing Clause 2.

The stand part debate? Very good. I support the Bill that the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, h...

Did the noble Lord notice that this very week, the Scottish Parliament sought to argue that the S...

I entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, and look forward to agreeing with him again o...

My Lords, first, I concur with and emphasise the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, about t...

Surely the noble Baroness would accept that this matter was decided by the clerk in the other pla...

Indeed, but I understand that the Government were very happy to overturn the votes of this House,...

My Lords, I will make just a few, short points. First, I again congratulate the noble Lord, Lord ...

It is probably fair that I respond to some elements of this debate, and in so doing I thank, firs...

Surely nothing in his proposal is from the perspective of the voter rather than the institution. ...

Clause 4 indicates strongly that the composition of the convention is to be citizen led. If the t...

On the point about the scope of Clause 2, will the noble Lord tell the House how many hours and h...

I cannot set that. Legislation cannot set that. Legislation can set what is a reasonable time for...

Before the noble Lord moves on to his next point—I am sure he has many more—does he agree that th...

We can follow two models. It can be very short, like the Smith commission, which perhaps on refle...

I did not plan to interrupt again, but as the noble Lord referred to me, what I said would be an ...

There is nothing in Clause 2 that would prevent that. On that point of broad consensus—

The trouble with overspecifying, as Clause 2 does, is that you require people, before they report...

As a Liberal Democrat, I never want to move away from the high ground of principle. The noble Lor...

Moved by

Lord Hughes of Woodside

1: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—<...

My Lords, if ever I had any doubts about the need for a written constitution, the very short deba...

Americans are always very surprised that we get by without a written constitution. That we could ...

My Lords, I am not absolutely certain that the Labour Party has a position on this. However, as i...

My Lords, I do not think it will surprise noble Lords to hear, at 12.50 pm on a grey Friday, that...

My Lords, I would just reflect on how solid is our base and how flexible is our constitution. Fro...

I heed what the noble Lord so rightly draws out. My point would be that these are the foundation ...

My Lords, I enjoy the interactions with the Minister on this aspect, although we do not see eye t...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate. As is often the cas...