European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

My Lords, I support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Low of Dalston, and also support ...

We talk of nothing else.

They talk about nothing else in Harrogate, as my noble friend Lord Willis said. But this proposal...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 245A and 242A, and I assure your Lordships that you will ge...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 246 in this group—entre nous, I support the amendments from t...

My Lords, we have had Latin from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, and Fren...

My Lords, the Government are committed to transparency before Parliament for the statutory instru...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all those who have spoken in support of my amendments; there has ...

Moved by

Lord Liddle

252: Clause 17, page 14, line 14, leave out subsections (1) to (...

My Lords, I move this amendment on behalf of my noble friend Lord Adonis. He apologises for his a...

My Lords, at the risk of the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, thinking that I am adding to the soporific ...

My Lords, with apologies to the Committee, I should have made it clear when the noble Lord, Lord ...

My Lords, I support strongly what the noble Lords, Lord Liddle and Lord Pannick, said. This is th...

My Lords, I shall add to the compelling citation by my noble friend Lord Pannick of the Constitut...

It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, and others who have spoken. Normally, whe...

I was sort of reassured by some of the Minister’s words when we were dealing with the last group....

My Lords, I had not intended to intervene in this debate—the devolution aspects will come later t...

My Lords, the provision indeed looks a bit innocuous when one first looks at it. The noble Lord, ...

My Lords, the Government are always listening. The Government are concerned to ensure that we hav...

In the light of his invitation, I ask the noble and learned Lord to consider this question. I tak...

May I ask the Minister a further point? I am trying to help him. He seems to be suggesting that t...

I am obliged to the noble Lord for his assistance, which is always welcome. I do not agree with t...

I thank the Minister for giving way. He cited some other examples. I admit that I am not familiar...

With respect, it appears to me that some of the fears being expressed are not about the use of th...

The Minister has just used the phrase that it is “not our intention” to use these powers. That is...

With respect to the noble Baroness, I do not believe that any responsible Government would contem...

Could I press the Minister further on the point that I raised? Will he clarify whether the powers...

I do not believe that they would be employed to overrule powers that are legitimately being exerc...

I am sorry, but those consequential amendments may well include the need to change an instrument ...

Ultimately, the UK Parliament would have the power to ensure that the statute book in the devolve...

When responding to amendments, the Minister has, on a number of occasions, said that the Governme...

Clearly, when I say that we will give consideration to these matters, I mean that I am making mor...

Will the Minister address the concern I expressed that the breadth of Clause 17(1) is such that i...

I will certainly give consideration to that point, but it is not immediately clear to me that the...

Before we conclude this part of our deliberations, I refer back to what my noble friend said. I h...

I am not sure that I am in a position to answer that question. Nevertheless, when we legislate, w...

The Minister’s self-effacing remark draws attention to the other aspect of this clause. It was he...

My Lords, I am not going to draft at the Dispatch Box and I will not give undertakings about any ...

My Lords, I welcome that assurance from the Minister. I have been surprised by the passion that t...

Moved by

Lord Bassam of Brighton

255: Clause 17, page 14, line 15, at end insert—

My Lords, this amendment and Amendment 364 follow the previous debate in the sense that they ques...

My Lords, I strongly support the amendment. It is essential that the status of retained EU law in...

My Lords, in the previous debate the Committee deliberated on the vice of Clause 17 (1). The amen...

My Lords, I will briefly add my support. I point out to my noble and learned friend, who gave a v...

My Lords, I entirely agree with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, that one wa...

My Lords, to some extent this is a continuation not just of the previous debate today but of prev...

My Lords, as has been noted, this is in a sense a continuation of a lengthy debate we had in Comm...

My Lords, I am intrigued by the Minister’s reply. I guess I shall have to look back at the debate...

Moved by

Lord Patten of Barnes

261: Before Clause 10, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, this amendment is in my name and that of a number of other noble Lords. For many years,...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 308ZA in my name and that of my noble friends Lord Judd and L...

My Lords, I very much support the points made by my noble friend Lady Lister with regard to human...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 308ZA, to which I added my name to those of my noble friends ...

I support Amendment 261 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Patten. I regret that I was unable to...

My Lords, the temperature of our debate this afternoon reflects again the emotions expressed so r...

My Lords, I am delighted, and privileged, to be able to follow the noble and right reverend Lord,...

I agree with everything the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, has said, particularly about the customs un...

Tempted as I am by the noble Lord’s seductive words, we must realise what is achievable and what ...

My Lords, who wills the ends wills the means. The Government committed themselves to an open bord...

My Lords, I am very privileged to have had the insights of those who really are part of the Irish...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Patten of Barnes, not only for the passionat...

My Lords, I had not intended to intervene in this debate, partly because I was not present at Sec...

My Lords, I have not spoken on this subject but today I am moved to do so: first, because I had t...

My Lords, I have a few words to add to what has been a hugely interesting and entertaining debate...

My Lords, as my noble friend Lord Bassam said, this has been an immensely interesting debate. I k...

My Lords, this has been a wide-ranging debate and I begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Patten...

The Minister began his remarks last time by speaking from the heart. He spoke on that occasion wi...