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Nuclear Safeguards Bill

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 7 February 2018, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Henley. The answering member was Lord Grantchester.
Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

788 cc2022-2064 

Session

2017-19

Legislative stage

Second reading

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Nuclear Safeguards Bill 2017-19. Brought from the Commons.
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Bills
House of Lords
Nuclear Safeguards Bill: Briefing for Lords Stages
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Research briefings

Proceeding contributions

Lord Henley | 788 cc2022-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before I set out the context surrounding, and the key features of, the Nuclear Safeguar...

Lord Rooker | 788 c2024 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but this issue was raised recently in the EU Energy and Env...


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Lord Henley | 788 c2024 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will take advice but my understanding is that the IAEA does not have concerns about t...

Lord Lea of Crondall | 788 c2025 (Link to this contribution)

This part of the noble Lord’s speech suggests that it is a given that we are leaving Euratom, and...

Lord Henley | 788 c2025 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I do not think that the noble Lord has been following what has been happening in this H...

Lord Henley | 788 c2025 (Link to this contribution)

Yes, my Lords, we are leaving Euratom. That is the case, and the simple fact is that we have to m...

Lord Henley | 788 c2025 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord says that what I have said is not true. I would ask that he withdraw that remark. ...

Lord Lea of Crondall | 788 c2025 (Link to this contribution)

I will withdraw that particular remark which used the words, “not true”, but if we stay in the Eu...

Lord Henley | 788 cc2025-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Euratom consists of the 28 members of the EU and no others. There are two countries whi...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 788 c2027 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the noble Lord for what he has just said, but are we to take it that the sentenc...

Lord Henley | 788 c2027 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is exactly the same as what I have said—as part of our broader negotiations we will ...

Lord Warner | 788 c2027 (Link to this contribution)

I did not quite understand what the noble Lord was saying in his attempts to reassure us about Eu...

Lord Henley | 788 c2027 (Link to this contribution)

It is a body set up by Euratom for Euratom, therefore it has an interest in ensuring safe export ...

Lord Warner | 788 c2027 (Link to this contribution)

I do not think that that answers the point. The noble Lord is saying that they will go on helping...

Lord Henley | 788 c2028 (Link to this contribution)

I have a sneaking suspicion that the noble Lord is deliberately misunderstanding me. What I am tr...

Lord Grantchester | 788 cc2028-2032 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there are indeed many concerns. I have yet to hear any principled criticisms regarding ...

Lord Fox | 788 cc2032-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his very tolerant and understanding introduction. I congratula...

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 788 cc2035-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome this Bill, and I am glad that it is shorter and clearer than most other compa...

Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 788 cc2037-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the purpose of this Bill, Brexit notwithstanding, is to try to sustain the confidence o...

Lord Teverson | 788 cc2038-2040 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister, particularly for his explanation at the beginning, not least that...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 788 cc2040-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, given that I intend to address my remarks to the issue of medical isotopes, I am gratef...

Lord Whitty | 788 cc2041-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my noble friend Lord O’Neill referred to the Bill as an unfortunate necessity, but it i...

Lord Broers | 788 cc2043-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I realised when I saw my position in the batting order here that most of what I was goi...

Lord Lea of Crondall | 788 cc2047-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first, I will refer again briefly to the question I raised in my earlier intervention a...

Lord Warner | 788 cc2048-2050 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have been around government as a civil servant, special adviser, Minister and parliam...

Lord Judd | 788 cc2050-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I should declare a couple of interests. I am a member of the Cumbria Trust, which has c...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 788 cc2051-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I actually find it encouraging to see this important Bill arriving in your Lordship’s H...

Viscount Hanworth | 788 cc2053-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Nuclear Safeguards Bill is slim by the standards of Brexit Bills, but this belies t...

Lord Inglewood | 788 c2056 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak briefly in the gap as some months ago I advocated, rather along the lines of so...

Baroness Featherstone | 788 cc2056-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been a very interesting debate, somewhat more interesting than I expected give...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 788 cc2058-2061 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in one sense the Minister was right when he described this as a technical Bill. Somethi...

Lord Henley | 788 cc2061-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will come to the Henry VIII powers later, and I am grateful that the noble Lord feels...

Lord Henley | 788 c2062 (Link to this contribution)

Just before I give way to the noble Lord, I remind the House that I gave way six times in the cou...

Lord Lea of Crondall | 788 c2062 (Link to this contribution)

I was going to pick up a totally fresh point that has just been made, but if the noble Lord does ...

Lord Henley | 788 c2062 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am always more than happy to take interventions. As I said, I took a total of six in ...

Lord Lea of Crondall | 788 c2062 (Link to this contribution)

It is a very simple point. The noble Lord has made a fresh point along the lines that we have no ...

Lord Henley | 788 cc2062-6 (Link to this contribution)

I said nothing of the sort. I hope that the noble Lord will look very carefully at what I said. I...

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