European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

My Lords, I was very glad to add my name to the amendment and the others in this group. I am sure...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, suggested in his admirable speech, taking back control...

My Lords, I have never been a self-respecting MP, nor am I ever likely to be one. The amendment w...

My Lords, I enter one word of caution. The choice might not be between Parliament and Ministers, ...

My Lords, I make a small contribution, having been at the birth of the Bill—if one can be a midwi...

My Lords, I chair the EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee of this House. We have been having a lot...

My Lords, I serve as the legal assessor to regulatory panels and in the course of that, we have t...

I completely accept the long experience that the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham, has. I referred s...

My Lords, I want to emphasise and back up what my noble friend Lord Lisvane has said. In essence,...

My Lords, as a signatory to this amendment and the others in this group, I encourage Members to l...

My Lords, I am trying to clarify what the noble Baroness, Lady Falkner, said. I think the issue i...

My Lords, and what is wrong with that?

In Committee, in a most powerful speech, the noble L...

I intervene to ask the Minister whether he agrees with this. Although —and I support the amendmen...

I am delighted to be described as a Minister in that question—not a role that I am eager to take ...

My Lords, I first thank all those who have contributed to today’s relatively brief debate, and th...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. How can what he is arguing be reconciled with the W...

I think I have addressed that in my remarks, but I have some more comments to make which I think ...

I wonder whether the Minister would kindly consider this question: is he saying that he would wan...

The powers in this Bill cannot be exercised by civil servants; it has to be Ministers who make th...

He is.

I do apologise; he is behind the Bar, so he is not quite in his place. I hope he will not mind if...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate—especially for their concisi...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

32A: Clause 7, page 6, line 7, leave out “newly established or...

My Lords, I shall speak also to the other amendments standing in my name on the Marshalled List r...

My Lords, I have to inform the Committee that if Amendment 32B is agreed to I cannot call Amendme...

My Lords, briefly, I would like to thank the Minister and his officials for their work on this an...

My Lords, I too thank the Minister—I fear that that will not necessarily be very common, so I am ...

My Lords, I commend the Government for these amendments, which respond to and accept the argument...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. There were relati...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

33A: Clause 7, page 6, line 15, after “taxation” insert “or fe...

My Lords, it is my pleasure to lead on this group of amendments. They are simple, short and, I ho...

This is another opportunity to thank the Minister because some peace of mind will now be provided...

To make sure that the Minister blushes fully, we, too, will take the opportunity to say again tha...

Again, I thank noble Lords for their brief contributions. As I said in moving the amendment, this...

Moved by

Lord Judge

34: Clause 7, page 6, line 17, leave out “relevant”

My Lords, the issue that these amendments give rise to is quite an important constitutional one. ...

My Lords, we have heard from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, an indication of where the G...

My Lords, it is important that we have returned to this issue after our debate in Committee, duri...

It is very tempting but I will not. The reason that I have been prepared to compromise with an in...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

34A: Clause 7, page 6, line 17, at end insert—

“( ) esta...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

34B: Clause 7, page 6, line 21, after “repeal” insert “the Sco...

My Lords, the Government recognise the vital importance of our devolution settlements and the Act...

My Lords, these are very helpful amendments, in that they reassert respect for the constitutional...

My Lords, it falls to me to echo what the noble Lord, Lord Beith, has said, and to thank the Mini...

I thank the noble Lords, Lord Beith and Lord Griffiths, for their contributions to this short deb...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

34C: Clause 7, page 6, line 23, leave out from “repealing” to ...

Moved by

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

37: Clause 7, page 6, line 25, at end insert—<...

My Lords, this amendment relates to the incredible collaboration that takes place across Europe r...

My Lords, I support my noble friend, and will speak in particular to Amendment 69. In Committee, ...

My Lords, I have no wish to detain the House unnecessarily, as we have already discussed this, bu...

My Lords, I have just a few brief words to back up those who tabled the amendments. I was in the ...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Kennedy for tabling the amendments. Yesterday, not only we...

My Lords, in responding to this debate, I begin by reiterating how important the issues we have d...

I apologise for interrupting the Minister, but I think she said something like, “absent a proxima...

I hear the noble Baroness, and I was just about to expand on what the problem is. I know that it ...

As always, the noble Baroness speaks very warm words, and I am sure the intentions are honourable...

Moved by

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

38: Clause 7, page 6, line 25, at end insert—<...

My Lords, Amendment 38 has been grouped with Amendments 45 and 55, all of which are seeking to do...

My Lords, speaking as a former chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in another plac...

My Lords, from these Benches, very briefly, I just say that we share the concerns expressed in th...

My Lords, I do not think it should go unremarked in this short debate, where there is a Northern ...

I am very glad that the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, has made that point, because it is noticed and i...

My Lords, there is little I can add that is new to this debate. I am grateful to my noble friend ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of The Shaws, for introducing this topic and o...

Forgive me, this is not facetious, but the words that the Minister is using are so much clearer t...

I will await that promotion when it comes. I hope that I am being as clear as I possibly can be. ...

My Lords, I was very grateful to my noble friend Lord Blunkett for drawing attention to the great...

Moved by

Baroness Vere of Norbiton

My Lords, in moving this Motion, may I suggest that proceedings on Report should begin again not ...

I am slightly puzzled as to why the House would seek to rise at 6.36 pm for a break. The normal t...

There is a proposition before the House that we adjourn debate on Report. I took the trouble of h...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Chief Whip. It is a very wise and sensible move to have a dinner b...

My Lords, I support what the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, just said. It is 6.40 pm. It would be un...

We can negate it with our voices—we do not need to go into the Lobbies.

I suspect that the mood of the House is to negate it—and the quicker we do it, the better.

I am mindful that the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, is in his place this evening. I do remember him ge...

It was later in the day.

Perhaps it was. Part of the difficulty here is that we had agreed via the usual channels to have ...

I beg to move that the Motion be withdrawn.

Moved by

Lord Trees

40: After Clause 7, insert the following new Clause—

“EU Pr...

My Lords, I begin by thanking your Lordships as I am very hungry to get on with this debate. Howe...

My Lords, I support Amendment 40 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Trees, to which I have added...

My Lords, I shall speak in support of Amendment 40, to which I have attached my name, and will al...

My Lords, I am very much in favour of the idea that lies behind the amendment of the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, I intervene briefly in support of the amendment moved by the noble Lord on the question...

My Lords, I want to follow up on what my noble and learned friend Lord Hope said. He referred to ...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Trees, has introduced the amendment in his characteristically pers...

My Lords, I am very sympathetic to this amendment’s aims, and have been ever since we joined the ...

My Lords, I want to add my voice and underline, if I may, how serious the issue arising under sub...

My Lords, the subject of animals is an extremely important one and I have great sympathy with the...

My Lords, I will speak briefly to these amendments. I am one of perhaps three or four people in t...

My Lords, I support Amendment 40 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Trees, to which I have added...

My noble friend is making a powerful speech but will she deal with the important issue of judicia...

I am always loath to argue with noble and learned Lords on technical legal matters.

Perhaps I may suggest a reply to my noble friend. I am being practical now. We are in charge of o...

As ever, I thank my noble friend for his helpful advice. He must be right.

We of course sup...

My Lords, let me start by being crystal clear about the Government’s commitment to animal welfare...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this stimulating and interesting de...

Moved by

Lord Lisvane

42: Clause 8, page 6, line 34, leave out “the Minister consider...

Moved by

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard

43: Clause 8, page 6, line 40, at end insert—

...

Amendment 43 is in my name and those of the noble Baronesses, Lady Hayter and Lady Kramer, and th...

My Lords, we on these Benches support the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, who is arguin...

As my name is on the amendment, I merely endorse what my friend the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, and th...

My Lords, it seems appropriate for me to speak to Amendment 47, in my name and that of the noble ...

Can the noble Baroness confirm that seed potatoes are part of the problem? If they are sown on bo...

The noble Lord has the advantage over me. I was not thinking so much of potato seeds but the fact...

My Lords, notwithstanding the noble Baroness’s arguments, I want to address this group from a dif...

My Lords, I will speak briefly about Clause 8 but, like the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, I have...

It is late at night and I cannot resist it. For the Liberal Democrats who were in coalition with ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate as well as those who have w...

I agree with the reading by the Minister and the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, of whether one has ...

Write a letter.

Or offer up a prayer, one or the other. My noble friend Lord Callanan says we are seeking to cont...

I apologise if this is not quite the right moment to ask the Minister to clarify something; I do ...

We are seeking to remain part of the international treaties to which we are party, through negoti...

Would my noble friend comment on one more point? The clarification that I was seeking relates to ...

I am reluctant to disappoint my noble friend, but that is all germane to the negotiations and I h...

I thank the noble Baroness for her response and I look forward to a letter on the EEA/EFTA member...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

47A: Clause 8, leave out Clause 8

Moved by

Lord Whitty

48: After Clause 8, insert the following new Clause—

“Tran...

My Lords, Amendment 48 is in my name and in the name of my noble friend Lord Judd. I have often r...

My Lords, it is always good to support my noble friend Lord Whitty. He invariably brings to our d...

My Lords, I support my two noble friends who have spoken to this amendment. I declare an interest...

My Lords, we have been told frequently that this Bill is about providing legal certainty on the d...

My Lords, I look at this amendment and note that it is about the continuity and safety of transpo...

My Lords, we have bags of energy here; let me try to reassure the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, t...

That statement implies that the negotiations have started. If so, it would be good to have some r...

That was a general observation, not a specific comment; I referred to the general process of nego...

Could the Minister just explain something on the question of railway safety? The present system i...

The noble Lord raises an important point. Again, I have to say that yes, that will be part of the...

I was dismissive not of the value of the meetings but of the level of assurance.

I thank the noble Lord for his clarification. This issue will continue to be an important factor ...

My Lords, the noble Baroness was doing quite well until her last sentence. I take a limited amoun...