European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

I rise having just torn up the speech that I was going to make, as a result of the very eloquent ...

My Lords, in Committee, I and others spoke about the importance of paying attention to the voices...

My Lords, I put my name to a similar amendment in Committee and, as those who were there will rec...

My Lords, the amendment was moved with eloquent brilliance by the noble Lord, Lord Patten. I want...

My Lords, a few weeks after the result of the referendum was announced, I ventured to suggest to ...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to listen to the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Eames. I s...

On that last point, surely the reference to the UK and Irish Governments contains the basic assum...

In the examples I mentioned, going back to 1985 and 1973, there was no consultation by Her Majest...

My Lords, I support this amendment, moved so compellingly by the noble Lord, Lord Patten.

T...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Patten on a most impressive and, if I may say so, e...

My Lords, I have lived all my life in Belfast. That is rather a long time: even longer than my ol...

My Lords, I almost hesitate to take part in this debate because I do not have the specialist know...

My Lords, I rise with a considerable amount of hesitation because I am very conscious of the leve...

My Lords, we are told that unless we remain in the customs union, there will be a hard border bet...

My Lords, I rise briefly to comment on proposed new subsection (2)(a) and (b) of the amendment an...

My Lords, I have my name to this amendment with considerable misgivings, but the misgivings will ...

My Lords, over a number of months we have listened to many speeches in this House on the Irish bo...

My Lords, the vexed history—

Front Bench!

Order. A large number of Peers still wish to speak and we should hear them.

Thank you. The vexed history of Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland is known very well by ...

My Lords, I will not detain the House for long. I want to make one or two points. First, my noble...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Patten, introduced the debate with his customary excellence and go...

Come on. You are better than this.

If the noble Lord is such an expert on the Belfast agreement, why is he not prepared to listen to...

My Lords, well over two hours ago, this amendment was eloquently moved by the noble Lord, Lord Pa...

My Lords, it has been a fascinating debate. I am the 20th speaker in it. The first speaker, the n...

My Lords, in giving that very powerful list of what happened in that process, my noble friend has...

My noble friend is absolutely right: it was a huge development, and of course all this was voted ...

My Lords—

Order!

My Lords, I remind the noble Lord that he has already spoken.

The noble Lord speaking for the Opposition held the office of Secretary of State for Northern Ire...

No, no; I do not think for one second that this amendment refers to or is about joint authority. ...

My Lords, I had a five-page speaking note when I arrived here. I have now written more than 10 pa...

The Minister knows the respect in which I hold him and the job he is doing. I have no wish to hav...

I hear the noble Lord, Lord Reid. With the greatest respect, I recognise what he is saying, but t...

Michel Barnier is negotiating for the other 27 member Governments. It is not a question of listen...

If the negotiator Michel Barnier does not hear the people of Northern Ireland, he will be derelic...

Can my noble friend reassure the House, then, that “no deal” is now off the table? In a no-deal s...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, for her intervention. The clear thing here is, as I bel...

The Minister keeps talking about Monsieur Barnier. Surely his job is to represent the views of th...

The noble Baroness raises her point but I will be clear in my statement in response: it would be ...

Charitably, I can assure the House that I shall be very brief. I shall make only three points. Fi...

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

88A: Schedule 2, page 17, line 29, leave out from “under” ...

My Lords, we are dealing here with truly technical amendments to ensure that the provisions of th...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for his explanation of these technical amen...

My Lords, at last we have reached this stage, although I find it a little off-putting that we are...

My Lords, I am obliged to the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths, and note his comments. The amendments w...

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

88B: Schedule 2, page 17, line 30, leave out from “8” to e...

Tabled by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

89: Schedule 2, page 17, line 35, at end insert—...

My Lords, since submitting this amendment, I note that Clause 7(8) covers the point and therefore...

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

89ZZA: Schedule 2, page 17, line 37, leave out “regulation...

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

89ZA: Schedule 2, page 23, line 14, leave out paragraphs 1...

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

89AA: Schedule 2, page 26, line 25, after “taxation” inser...

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

89DA: Clause 11, page 7, line 25, leave out subsections (1...

My Lords, to be clear, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace, indicated that he was not going ...

Moved by

Lord Hope of Craighead

89DAA: Clause 11, in subsection (2), in inserted sect...

My Lords, before I introduce the series of amendments in my name, perhaps I can express my thanks...

My Lords, I will return to the points on the amendment moved by the noble and learned Lord, Lord ...

My Lords, there is a provision in Section 29 of the Scotland Act that covers the thing that worri...

My Lords, if an Act of Parliament gives the Scottish Parliament power to say no and refuse its co...

My Lords, in addressing Amendment 89DA, I will, as did the Minister, cover the broader ground con...

My Lords, this series of amendments, as the noble and learned Lord has explained, expresses the c...

My Lords—

My Lords—

I say with great respect to the noble Lord that I think it is the turn of this side of the House....

My Lords, I also welcome the fact that the Government have moved so far from their original stanc...

My Lords, it is appropriate that I should follow my noble and learned friend Lord Hope of Craighe...

My Lords, as many Scottish colleagues in the House are aware, over the last year or so my attenda...

My Lords, with so many lawyers speaking this evening, it is with some temerity that I stand to ad...

My Lords, perhaps I may come in here to congratulate the Minister on how far the Government have ...

My Lords, I am comforted by the fact that all of the learned noble Lords who have contributed hav...

I have been following the noble Lord’s very interesting speech very closely. How would he propose...

Of course I would wish to deal with England in a friendly and constructive manner, but the seriou...

My Lords, I am not sure that it is permissible for an English Peer to intervene in this debate. W...

My Lords, we come to the conclusion of this debate on Clause 11. Once again, it behoves me, I fee...

I am most obliged to noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I am essentially moving ...

It seems that we have an explanation. Were officials of the Scottish Government involved in that ...

I am not in a position to say that such work would be published, because of course it has been on...

The Minister was about to tell us about the gap my noble friend introduced between exit day and t...

I am obliged to the noble Lord. There may be a situation in which powers go to the devolved Admin...

Before the noble and learned Lord moves on, did I miss it or has he answered the point made by th...

I am obliged to the noble Lord, Lord Kerr. My understanding is that the five-year period will com...

So in practice we could be looking quite a long way ahead—it is five plus X.

I am tempted to mention here the noble Countess, Lady Mar.

Oh!

But I will not. If the noble Lord wishes me to elaborate on the operation of the sunset clauses, ...

I thank the Minister for the detail in which he is responding to this debate and the work that he...

With respect, I must say that it is our clear intention, which is reflected in the memorandum of ...

My Lords, it is for me to say what will happen to my Amendment 89DAA, which is an amendment to Am...

My Lords, I intervene to raise a point that I have spoken to the clerk about. Noble Lords might r...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

89DB: Clause 11, page 8, line 40, leave out “(3)” and insert “...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

90A: Clause 11, page 8, line 42, leave out “other”

90B: ...

Moved by

Lord Wigley

91: Clause 11, page 8, line 43, at end insert—

“( ) This s...

My Lords, Amendment 91 stands in my name and those of the noble Lord, Lord Steel of Aikwood, and ...

My Lords, I have put my name down in support of the amendment. The arguments which led me to do t...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his amendments, which are pertinent given the different posi...

I ask for one point of clarification from the Minister. Does he not accept that there is a real d...

I simply do not accept the noble Lord’s characterisation of the matter. It is clearly the case th...

I am very grateful to the Minister. I have heard that form of words from his colleagues in the pa...

Moved by

Lord Wigley

92A: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause—

“Jo...

The main purpose of Amendment 92A is to strengthen the position of the Joint Ministerial Committe...

My Lords, in my own profession when you make a mistake you stop, reflect and rectify. Fortunately...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and I agree with eve...

I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, on trying to rewrite the entire British constitution ...

To clarify, the amendment, as the noble Lord will no doubt have noticed, refers to,

“one me...

The noble Lord—I would like to call him my noble friend—gives the game away. He says that he imag...

My Lords, we have a lot of sympathy for the amendment. We agree with its aims in so far as they p...

I thank noble Lords who have participated in the debate; we all agree it is very late in the even...

I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Bourne. I take the opportunity to thank him for—

I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, for giving way. One thing I forgot to say, whi...

My Lords, seeing the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, sitting next to the noble Lord, I took that as re...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

92AA: Schedule 3, page 28, line 29, leave out from “law” to en...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

92AB: Schedule 3, page 29, line 6, leave out from “law” to end...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

92BA: Schedule 3, page 31, line 34, leave out from “section” t...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

92BB: Schedule 3, page 32, leave out line 2 and insert—

...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

92BC: Schedule 3, page 32, line 2, at end insert—

“21A_ ...