European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

My Lords, there seems to be a great deal of sense in the amendment, partly because of the provisi...

My Lords, it is indeed striking that directives are not included in Schedule 5, part 1, paragraph...

My Lords, I support my noble friend’s valuable amendment. I wonder whether the Government are bei...

My Lords, it may not be possible to answer my question today, but it is an important one. I would...

My Lords, may I first of all, in English, thank all who have contributed to the debate? I know th...

People trading in the European Union need to know the status of the requirements that they have t...

I was about to come on to that point, as it was raised also by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. Dire...

I thank noble Lords who have supported the amendment. If something is present in the National Arc...

My noble friend is much more an expert than I am on these technicalities, but other noble Lords a...

I thank my noble friend for that intervention. She also made some important points earlier about ...

Moved by

Lord Lisvane

355: Schedule 5, page 39, line 18, leave out sub-paragraph (3) ...

My Lords, this amendment is in my name and those of my noble friend Lord Pannick, my noble and le...

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment and I agree entirely with what my noble friend L...

My Lords, as a co-signatory to the amendment, I want to make a short contribution in support of t...

My Lords, we come to the next stage of the slow journey of this Bill through the House. I shall l...

My Lords, to go slightly beyond the terms of the amendment, as foreshadowed in the words of the n...

My Lords, this is very important and the noble Baroness is entirely justified in getting a little...

My Lords, I will speak to the amendment in my name, in case other noble Lords want to come in on ...

My Lords, I have a brief observation on Amendment 355. I agree entirely with the points of princi...

My Lords, the Minister remarked that the previous amendment was slightly nerdish and that we were...

My Lords, I thank all who have contributed to this debate; very important points have been raised...

If it has to be done by regulation, it gives this House and the other place at least a theoretica...

This is all about trying to ensure that the statute book does not become cluttered with material ...

We would all agree with the principle that the noble Baroness has just advanced—we shall adduce i...

If we can set to one side any concept of malevolence or malign intent on the part of the Governme...

I am full of admiration for the way in which the noble Baroness appears to be trying to avoid the...

It is a little difficult to predict specific examples. Many of your Lordships have had experience...

Surely this comes about when the Government are dealing with the so-called deficiencies and then ...

The noble Baroness is quite right: there may be an overlap of issues where there is the desire to...

Surely there is nothing wrong with a Minister proposing that something is not relevant and approp...

Before my noble friend responds to that, I wish to make a similar point. If a direction is publis...

Well, I have listened with interest to these contributions. We will certainly reflect on what has...

The Minister is being very patient. I would like to add to what the noble Viscount has said. A re...

I hear the noble Lord, and I shall certainly reflect on that observation, but if I may be permitt...

The Minister started her speech by saying one of the principal reasons why the Government were op...

I disagree with the noble Lord. I was using “impractical”—if I did use it, and it is so long ago ...

My Lords, I query the comparison with war time. This is a very sensitive issue in the debate on l...

I hear the noble Lord. I did not in any way wish to draw a specific comparison between the two. I...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her lengthy and very detailed reply. I am also gratef...

My Lords, I am most grateful for this opportunity to probe the contents of Schedule 5 and debate ...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh for her comments. In response, I will need to be ...

Could the Minister also deal with the question of Scotland? As I understand it, the Queen’s print...

I do not have a response to that specific point, but I shall certainly undertake to write to the ...

I have another query. We are all talking about the Queen’s printer. As I have said, that is the Q...

I can always rely on the noble Lord to lighten the proceedings and introduce an element of light ...

I wonder if I could, as they say, be helpful. I think that the Queen’s printer is the Keeper of t...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane. As the late FE Smith, said, I am no wiser but I am...

I suggest that the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, becomes the Queen’s printer, because he is far more ...

I do not wish in any way to diminish the talents of the Queen’s printer, whoever that person or g...

The noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, has been helpful to an extent by saying that the Queen’s printer is...

His name is Mr Jeff James.

Then I offer a heartfelt tribute to Mr Jeff James.

If it assists the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, he is also the Queen’s printer for Scotlan...

I recommend that the Minister and other Ministers pay a visit to Kew, which is a very nice place,...

My Lords, if we do not get through this debate, I will not be visiting anywhere. I must thank a g...

My Lords, this has been an entertaining and illuminating debate. I am grateful to those who have ...

Moved by

Lord Wigley

355A: Clause 19, page 15, line 18, at end insert “, subject to s...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 355A, standing in my name, I shall speak to Amendment 357A. Both of...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. Does he accept that those of us who live in Cumbr...

I have no doubt that Cumbria has its problems, and I have no doubt that people from Cumbria will ...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in support of Amendment 358A in the name of ...

My Lords, I usually sleep quite well, but last night I had a sleepless night. It was because I re...

My Lords, I add an English voice in support of the amendment—a northern English voice and a Cumbr...

I endorse everything that my noble friend Lord Liddle has said. Always when the House debates a B...

The noble Lord is making an important point about devolution, with most of which I agree. Does he...

My Lords, I am not seeking to make party-political points in this debate; this issue is going to ...

I hope my noble friend Lord Adonis will forgive another Scottish voice, but I completely agree wi...

I entirely agree with my noble friend; he is completely right. However, it is rather a sad commen...

I completely agree. I feel so frustrated because for the past three years, I have been trying to ...

Hear, hear.

Thank you very much. There was a huge measure of support there, principally from the Cross Benche...

The noble Lord will remember from an earlier debate that it seems that Euratom was understood in ...

That is a matter of opinion. More and more research is being done, including recently by an organ...

My Lords, I have a specific question for the Minister: do the Government accept the proposition, ...

By whom were these promises made? One problem about a referendum, the principle of which so many ...

I have the greatest respect for the work that the noble Lord does in Cumbria. Indeed, I feel very...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Foulkes described this as a futile Bill. He may be right, but it i...

Oh!

I was hoping that that was an intervention—I am better prepared for interventions than I was last...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, for tabling these amendments and all who have part...

Can the Minister tell us anything about the timing of consultation papers on the shared prosperit...

The noble Lord makes a fair point. I do not know the specific answer, but I will cover it in a le...

Perhaps the Minister can answer this question. Is the UK prosperity fund—which I think was in the...

My Lords, it certainly was in our last manifesto. As I have just indicated, it talks about reduci...

My Lords, I was referring to the then Leader of Birmingham City Council who is now also a Member ...

And a very able one. I take that qualification and thank the noble Lord for it.

It is also ...

I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, which was rather longer...