European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

My Lords, at the request and with the consent of the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, I shall...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 313 in this group, which is in my name. The amendment again ...

My Lords, I agree entirely with what the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, said. This might appear to intr...

I support and agree with everything that has been said. After all, devolution is not a dainty lit...

I thank noble Lords for their contributions to the debate. I also thank the noble and learned Lor...

What is the Government’s view of the proposed continuity legislation, from both Wales and Scotlan...

My understanding is that that legislation has been enacted by the devolved Administrations for wh...

My Lords, I thank all who have taken part in this short but important debate, and the noble Baron...

Moved by

Lord Hope of Craighead

314: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, although we have left Clause 11, this amendment is closely related to the topics we dis...

My Lords, I am a cosignatory to Amendment 314 and I associate myself with the eloquent comments m...

My Lords, I added my name to this amendment and I am grateful to my noble and learned friend Lord...

My Lords, I strongly support the call by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, that primary le...

I have listened with great attention to these debates on devolution and found them extremely inte...

My Lords, I respond with considerable enthusiasm to what my noble friend Lord Liddle just said—an...

My Lords, it is important to remember that this debate is about a fairly limited matter. No doubt...

My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, again. I welcomed very muc...

To follow on from what the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, has said, I am tempted by the reverse approac...

My Lords, I will pick up what the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, has just said. The criteri...

My Lords, I wish to add a couple of points. First, are discussions progressing on the possible in...

Perhaps noble Lords will forgive me for a moment or two while I stretch my back, which is just a ...

What the Minister is saying is encouraging. For the sake of argument, let us take fishing. Have a...

I wish I could answer that question in the affirmative, but the answer is no. Before each meeting...

Can my noble friend confirm that it is the Government’s intention that this should happen by prim...

Yes, that is the intention. We will move forward with this through primary legislation in each of...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate and to th...

Moved by

Baroness Butler-Sloss

315: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause—...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a vice-chairperson of the All-Party Group on Gibraltar. I add ...

I received a copy of a letter from the representative of the Gibraltar Government which indicated...

I have a feeling that the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, has not seen as many of the documents as I hav...

The noble Lord, Lord Wigley, is many things, but he is not a ventriloquist.

I apologise. I was looking one seat further to the right. However, I feel that the noble Lord has...

It really is me now. The noble and learned Baroness mentioned market access, which links in to th...

I do not know the answer to that because what I have been told by Gibraltar House, in particular ...

I am most grateful to the noble and learned Baroness for giving way. I shall speak in support of ...

I can be corrected on this, but I think I am right in saying that much of what was arranged betwe...

My Lords, I added my name to the amendment after Second Reading, as Members will realise. It has ...

Will the noble Lord give way?

How could I resist the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes?

Easily.

Very easily. I have been listening to the noble Lord very carefully about the assurances from our...

My Lords, who can say? That is the point of this amendment: to try to protect the interests of th...

All that the noble Lord and the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, spoke of were agre...

I can only say to the noble Lord that it is quite obvious that we have a long way to go to reach ...

My Lords, I declare an interest in this matter because I was a part of the accession negotiating ...

My Lords, I support this amendment, which focuses on the acquired rights of those in Gibraltar. T...

My Lords, I do not want to repeat what has been said but the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, seems to ha...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a former Governor of Gibraltar. I support very much the amendm...

Does the noble Lord know whether the Government of Gibraltar are in favour of a referendum on a f...

I am not going to be drawn on that but, if I may, I will end my remarks by emphasising the need f...

My Lords, we are extremely fortunate to have in this House the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, who has s...

My Lords, the debate this afternoon has amply demonstrated why in today’s Statement the Prime Min...

My Lords, we have had an excellent debate. I appreciate the comments from the noble Lord, Lord Lu...

In that conjunction of events and facts, was the noble Lord, like colleagues in the other place, ...

To be clear, the Opposition believe—as do I personally, as someone who has worked in Gibraltar ov...

Let me first agree with the noble Lord, Lord Collins: it has indeed been an excellent debate on a...

Before my noble friend ends, could he assure the Committee that it will be an absolute aim of neg...

I am very happy to assure the Committee of that. As I said, we are working closely with the Gover...

Perhaps the Minister will give way. He mentioned online gambling and financial markets, perhaps l...

I am sorry that the noble Lord has a retrograde opinion on these matters. It may shock him to kno...

I do not know whether the noble Lord sits in on any of our debates other than those on the Bill. ...

Of course I understand those concerns and why the industry needs to be properly regulated. That i...

I am most grateful to the noble Lord for giving way, but he has left us—and, through us, the Gibr...

I will give the noble Lord the answer that I have given when he has asked similar questions previ...

Have Her Majesty’s Government given any consideration to a matter that I understand was raised ab...

I am not an expert on the legal ramifications of dominion status, so if the noble Lord will forgi...

My Lords, I thank all those who have taken part in this debate and the Minister for his partial r...

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

334: Clause 14, page 10, line 40, leave out ...

My Lords, it is worth the wait. We need to be clear that these amendments—which return to the Bil...

My Lords, does my noble friend not agree that it is a question not just of rigidity but of parlia...

I think that that is what the amendments seek to achieve and, as this House has said again and ag...

The noble Lord, Lord Adonis, is right about this, because the noble Baroness’s amendment would gi...

There is a series of amendments in the group, and I hope that when we get to Report we will have ...

My Lords, I support this amendment, which is my name, too, and also Amendment 343, which contains...

I support Amendment 334, a cross-party amendment to which I have added my name, and which goes wi...

My Lords, the noble Baroness needs to be very cautious about taking on the Duke of Wellington in ...

I do not think we are going to know what the terms of withdrawal are even when we get that treaty...

My noble friend makes very good points, which will be a subject for discussion when we see the pr...

My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendments 344 and 346 in my name. First, however, I find overw...

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 335 in this group, which stands in my name. I agree wholeh...

My Lords, I support this group of amendments, particularly Amendment 345 in my name.

My nob...

My Lords, I very strongly support these amendments. I stress that we are locking ourselves into l...

Is the situation not actually worse than that? The noble Lord referred to the Government’s positi...

I am not sure I would say that the Government completely lost their mandate. They emerged from th...

I am most grateful to my noble friend. On that basis, did the Liberals lose their mandate to call...

I have indeed said that none of us gained a mandate from the election. That is precisely the posi...

My Lords, this is the only intervention I will make in Committee, and I shall do it rather less c...

My Lords, I will speak briefly to the amendments in this group, particularly Amendment 343, to wh...

My Lords, I will briefly add words of support for this bunch of amendments. It is no surprise tha...

It seems from what the noble Lord is saying that the purpose behind these amendments is to keep o...

All the amendments are designed, rather like the noble Lord, Lord Tugendhat, inferred, to improve...

My Lords, I have one simple message: do not tie the hands of those negotiating on your behalf.