European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

My Lords, I apologise that I missed the later speeches this morning because I was attending an ev...

My Lords, I had been intending to talk exclusively about the impact of this Bill on the environme...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Krebs. I do not, of course, agree with ...

My Lords, surely the single Act of Parliament which created the largest number of delegated power...

My Lords, I start with a confession—actually, two. It is a while since I have done this. Back in ...

My Lords, not for the first time I shall express a minority viewpoint. I believe that there will ...

My Lords, I thank the Leader of the House for the thoughtful way in which she introduced the deba...

My Lords, like the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, I am grateful for the opportunity to sp...

My Lords, I shall today discuss some of the implications of Brexit on children and families. I de...

My Lords, I agree with those who say that this Bill is not about whether we should leave the EU o...

My Lords, the Bill seeks to make provision in connection with the withdrawal from the EU of the t...

My Lords, as has been said, this is an extremely complex and legalistic Bill. While I may be able...

My Lords, Professor Sir David Eastwood, the vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, wher...

My Lords, this is not the Bill that enables us to leave the European Union. It is the Bill that m...

It has not happened yet.

That is what David Cameron said. Remember what the Treasury forecast said in the event of a leave...

My Lords, I am really glad that I did not have to follow the rousing and excellent speech by the ...

My Lords, way back in the middle of the last century, I was an active member of the European Yout...

Oh!

Yes, that is the correct position.

In trade and business, the vast majority from Northern I...

My Lords, I begin by drawing attention to my entries in the register as the serving chairman of t...

My Lords, I will not answer that question.

It was very obvious when the Bill was passing th...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow an excellent speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Liddel...

My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, particularly on the question...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president and former chairman of the Local Government A...

My Lords, in opening the debate this morning, the noble Baroness the Leader of the House said tha...

My contribution will focus solely on the position of Gibraltar in the context of the broader nego...

My Lords, while noting my business interests as set out in the register, I would like to make it ...

My Lords, yesterday in your Lordships’ House we were paddling our canoes up the pleasant reaches ...

My Lords, 10.17 million people live under devolved Administrations in the UK. They want the best ...

My Lords, like other noble Lords I accept that if there is to be Brexit, there has to be a Bill f...

My Lords, this Bill preserves existing EU law as it applies in the UK, converting it into domesti...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Drake, and to have listened to her ...

My Lords, naturally I want to begin by referring to the Irish border question, as we are one of t...

My Lords, I shall address the amendment to the Second Reading of the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, whi...

Have a referendum.

We have dealt with the referendum. The referendum is extremely complicated. I do not know that th...

It is of course a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord. I did not agree with very much of what...

My Lords, I am happy to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, particularly as on this occasio...

My Lords, if the Foreign Secretary were able to be with us today—we should be so lucky—he would d...

My Lords, that was a superb speech. The sky is indeed foul, but it is up to us to try to do somet...

My Lords, we know that Brexit would initiate a major constitutional, political, social and econom...

My Lords, I have two interests to declare because I shall talk about the movement of people on th...

My Lords, it is always a great pleasure to listen to the clear, analytical thinking of the noble ...

My Lords, this Bill raises fundamental questions about not just the Brexit process and accountabi...

My Lords, during the referendum campaign I argued and voted for the UK to remain a member of the ...

My Lords, this is a historic debate and I wish to claim my moment in history, just as I felt I wa...

My Lords, I need to make it clear that the views I am about to express are my own views and not t...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord. I agree with much of what he said, and I hop...

My Lords, it is no exaggeration to say that if the Bill before us is enacted without significant ...

My Lords, I find myself in a very difficult position. I have been in your Lordships’ House for 56...

My Lords, my view is that Brexit is a real and present danger to the prosperity of the country, t...

My Lords, to help orient the Minister both socially and geographically, may I explain that I spea...

My Lords, much has already been said by our legal Peers and others on the legalities and technica...

My Lords, this is a unique debate, the first of its kind, certainly in my experience. However, we...

Noble Lords have been very good about observing the advisory limit of six minutes. I urge the nob...

I accept the noble Lord’s comments and will wind up.

In view of the points already made, Br...

My Lords, I share the views expressed by many other noble Lords that this is at root an enabling ...

My Lords, as my noble friend Lord Morris of Handsworth said, this debate is not about whether we ...

My Lords, it is crucial that we do not make the mistake that we made during the passage of the Eu...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Norton, whose views on the law a...

My Lords, I am delighted to welcome the Bill. After the debate that we have had today and the man...

My Lords, first, can I say how much we welcome the words of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morr...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Roberts, although I fear I am going to ...

My Lords, despite what has just been said, it was inevitable that this Bill would arrive here wit...

I think the noble Lord has got the message.

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My Lords, clearly there are many hundreds of occasions, set out in the Bill, when delegated legis...

My Lords, I was a remainer and now I am in favour of Brexit. This is not due to a fundamental shi...

My Lords, I seek to avoid being described as a remoaner so, with your forbearance, I shall instea...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Triesman, mentioned the importance of security issues. It is also ...

My Lords, regardless of which side we supported in the referendum, in listening to the debate tod...

My Lords, I wish that I could agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Pidding. She occupies a wonderf...

My Lords, this House knows what is expected of it. I trust that we will not cower at the lurid th...

My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady O’Neill of Bengarve, said, this is a technical Bill. But, a...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure for me to follow the noble Lord, Lord Winston. He has a wealth o...

My Lords, at the end of a long day, I am sure we will all be brief. I will try to be so. I will r...

My Lords, I will speak on two issues. The first is the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, ...

My Lords, it is indeed late and I will be brief, but I want to talk on a topic on which there was...

My Lords, I start by saying that I am a remainer who would like to have the opportunity to vote f...

My Lords, no one ever said that the process of leaving the EU was going to be easy, and we are in...