European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

My Lords, I shall speak to speak to Amendment 58, in my name and those of the noble Baronesses, L...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, has explained why these recitals and preambles are so impor...

My Lords, my name is also added to Amendment 58 and I support the very compelling case made by th...

My Lords, I would have thought it was clear that when we are incorporating EU law into United Kin...

My Lords, in that case, what is the point of not keeping them in?

There is no question of not leaving them in. They will be left in in any case. There is no questi...

My Lords, I hesitate to challenge the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, on points of law, but ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 58 in the name of noble Lord, Lord Krebs. I was greatly relieved by...

My Lords, these amendments fall into two, possibly three, groups. I shall start with the group th...

My Lords, what I am about to say is designed to help—although whether it achieves that may of cou...

My Lords, I support Amendment 58. This comes down very simply to the fact that, as a result of th...

My Lords, first of all perhaps I may observe that, pursuant to Clause 3 of the Bill:

“Direc...

I intervene on the Minister before he moves on to that topic. If the words that the noble Barones...

I am not sure that I am entirely following the noble and learned Lord’s point. To express it this...

I hope that the noble and learned Lord and the Committee will permit me to intervene, because it ...

With respect, it could all be interpreted with reference to retained case law. Clause 6(6) says:<...

That is why I did not stand up, because I think that it is better if we discuss it outside the Co...

So be it. And there was me thinking that I was being clear.

I shall touch on Amendments 58 ...

I thank the noble and learned Lord for his response. I appreciate that some of what I was trying ...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

66: After Clause 6, insert the following new Cl...

My Lords, this amendment stands in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Krebs and Lord Debe...

Moved by

Lord Judd

67: After Clause 6, after (4)(b) insert—

“( ) protecting, en...

My Lords, I endorse every word that my noble friend said. There is nothing more important, it see...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 317 in this group. Before I do so, I warmly endorse the comme...

My Lords, I rise to move Amendments 112 and 113, which are in my name and those of the noble Baro...

My Lords, I hate to interrupt my noble friend but he is not moving his amendment now; he is speak...

I thank my noble friend Lady Mar for that correction. As well as speaking to my amendment, I shal...

My Lords, I support Amendment 66, to which I have added my name; Amendment 67 in the name of the ...

My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness, but these amendments are about environment,...

I thank the noble Countess for that intervention, but I believe I have the right speech and I hop...

My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness again, but this is an amendment about the en...

I am sorry that the noble Countess is frustrated with me trying to link the environment to archae...

I am sorry, my phone will not switch off.

I am sure that the noble Baroness will realise that the interruption was not a personal allusion ...

I am sure it was not.

These principles have been the fundamental base of environmental prot...

Henry VIII.

Sorry, Henry VIII powers. They have caused such concern in the environment protection world and e...

My Lords, I rise to be helpful to the Minister because I think Amendment 66, to which I have adde...

Before the noble Lord, Lord Deben, finishes, does he agree that one essential EU measure is the u...

I am very glad to acknowledge the noble Baroness’s point, but I have tried hard not to stray into...

Will my noble friend explain something to me? He has just said “passed into our law”, but there i...

I fear that my noble friend is not right on that, for two reasons. First, all environmental law i...

I will to try to help the noble Lord out. It is not just what the Government say; it is what is i...

I am so pleased to have been supported by the noble Lord. I was rather afraid that he was going t...

The last time I checked, the environmental directorate of the EU had taken 34 cases against the U...

I shall follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, because I put my name to Amendment 112, which calls o...

I will just clarify that I did not mention the 25-year environment plan. I referred to a new nati...

My Lords, I share the anxiety of the noble Baroness, Lady Byford, about the timescales, particula...

Let me give the noble Baroness the chance to get her voice back by intervening on what she knows ...

Perhaps I could continue our long-standing discussion with the noble Viscount outside the Chamber...

I shall speak to my Amendment 67A, which sets food production within the context of Amendment 66....

I shall speak to Amendments 112 and 113 and support what has been said by the noble Lord, Lord Ro...

Is it not also important that the funding should in some way be protected? One of the real ways t...

That is a very valid point. Whatever Government are in power have always found funding bodies an ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 66 and the words of my noble friend Lord Krebs. I put in a note of ...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 108, to which I added my name. We have become used to rely...

My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 66 and, in particular, to indicate my concern that these en...

My Lords, as a passionate environmental campaigner, I am distressed by the Government’s attempt t...

My Lords, I support Amendments 66, 108, 112, 113 and 317, but noble Lords will be glad to hear th...

My Lords, I wish to make two very brief points. First, I want to endorse entirely what my noble f...

My Lords, the issue of environmental protection was widely debated during the Bill’s passage thro...

My Lords, is the Minister familiar with Einstein’s theory of relativity? The reason I ask is beca...

I will take that as an observation rather than a question.

Amendments 66 and 67 would preju...

My noble friend has explained that some things are already there. Can he give me an undertaking t...

I cannot give an assurance that we would do that. This is about legal certainty—taking a snapshot...

I have not said “new powers” or talked about creating legal certainty. He keeps using that phrase...

If a new amendment is put forward, of course we will look at it and consider its legal implicatio...

The Minister said that the Government are “considering”; does that mean that they might propose t...

This is a matter for the negotiations but it is certainly one of the factors we are considering. ...

We understand that consultation has yet to start on this new watchdog—that is, on the type of wat...

I thank the noble Baroness for her interest in this. I am sure she will understand that I cannot ...

The noble Lord has given us a trailer on the consultation for the new agricultural system. Will h...

As the noble Lord is aware, I said that the common agricultural policy is based on land-based pro...

On that very point, if there is going to be a new, overarching agricultural Bill, will the Minist...

Yes, I believe Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be able to pursue their own policies in ...

My Lords, I thank everyone who has contributed to this debate, and I thank the Minister for tryin...

Perhaps I may ask a single question. Would the noble Baroness be willing to sit down with the Min...

Yes, absolutely. In fact, I would go further than that. I am sure that we could provide the evide...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

70A: After Clause 6, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, Amendment 70A stands in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Low of Dalston, and th...

My Lords, I have four amendments in this group. They raise exactly the same issues as those raise...

My Lords, I support Amendment 70A, to which I have added my name. It has a forward-looking approa...

My Lords, I too rise to speak in support of Amendment 70A, which has just been moved by the noble...

My Lords, I rise briefly to speak in favour of these amendments. I preface my remarks by saying t...

My Lords, I add my support to this group of amendments for all the reasons so eloquently set out ...

My Lords, I hope we are not going to end up with a minimalist position whereby if there is anythi...

My Lords, I also support these amendments. The further embedding of equality principles in our le...

My Lords, I ask the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace of Tankerness: assuming the amendment pr...

My Lords, we have heard repeatedly and correctly in the Chamber, given the Government’s assurance...

My Lords, if the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace, does not want to respond to the question f...

My Lords, I am sorry but that is not exactly the question, which was on the effect of the retaine...

I apologise. I will wait before I respond.

The noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace, will have the opportunity to respond to the question po...

Before the Minister sits down, I asked him a direct question about the sifting committee and whet...

I think my noble friend the Leader will be setting out our proposals for the sifting committee in...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who took part in this debate and I thank the Minister for his r...