European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

I am grateful to the noble Lord. The figure which I used, accurately, was 292, which is slightly ...

I am most grateful to the noble Lord for his guidance on the procedures and nature of this House....

As this has been raised, it is only fair—for my colleagues more than for the noble Lord, Lord For...

I note that the noble Baroness has not said that her colleagues have been asked to abstain on thi...

They have indeed.

So, from having a three-line whip, and arguing for the importance of the European Economic Area, ...

I have been in this House for a little while—about 20 years—and I understand that this is an impo...

I am sure that the noble Lord was not among those jeering when I was trying to make my points ear...

A meaningful vote.

My noble friend says “A meaningful vote” from a sedentary position. By that he means a vote to re...

I am grateful, and at this point an intervention is appropriate. If anybody is undermining the Go...

I know that my noble friend is not very keen on the Foreign Secretary, and that he has made a num...

My Lords—

In a second. Can I just deal with this intervention? I did not think that we had interventions on...

Oh!

On Report—I am just referring to Standing Orders.

The Foreign Secretary set out his case, w...

My noble friend has just made, unusually, an unforced error, as they say in tennis. Did he not—pe...

No, I did not, and I was not aware that he had done that. I do not think that my noble friend and...

My Lords, I have put my name to these amendments, and I will start by putting this in context. Wh...

Is the noble Lord aware that this was looked at in some detail during the referendum campaign, an...

We all know the noble Lord’s views on migration and immigration, so I will not even bother to go ...

My Lords, in the dim and very distant past, responsibility was given to me by Neil Kinnock—now my...

My Lords, it really is intolerable that my noble friend Lord Forsyth should give lectures about l...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Alli addressed the House on the basis of principle and with passio...

My Lords, I am sceptical about the EEA option. I am not sure that the EFTA EEA partners particula...

My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend, who supported my amendment both in Committee and...

My Lords, I have three brief points. The first is a take on the theme of the noble Baroness a mom...

As noble Lords may know, I come to this debate from a business services background having worked ...

My Lords, I support this important amendment. The EEA offers a way out of the impasse our negotia...

My Lords, this has been an informative, interesting and passionate debate on a key element of our...

Why not?

Because that is what EFTA rules say. It is true that, if the negotiations were in our hands and w...

Shame.

It is not a shame. What were the words? “Kindness, care and consideration”. It is because we shar...

My Lords, before I address the amendment I will say a brief word, if the House will permit me, ab...

We intended to cover this under the previous group of amendments, as my noble friend said. This i...

I thank my noble friend for his support. [Laughter.] Noble Lords laugh, but this is an important ...

My Lords, I thank everyone who participated in the debate. We have had a full debate and it was e...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

69A: Schedule 7, page 41, line 41, leave out paragraphs (a) an...

Moved by

Baroness Goldie

69C: Schedule 7, page 42, line 35, at end insert—

“(9A...

My Lords, I am pleased to move this group of amendments as the final piece—to use the analogy of ...

My Lords, I want to clarify what the Minister has just said. When she said that the Scottish Gove...

That is a reference to this Bill preserving the competence of the Scottish Parliament to legislat...

Moved by

Baroness Goldie

69D: Schedule 7, page 43, line 1, leave out “paragraph 4” an...

Moved by

Lord Lisvane

70: Schedule 7, page 44, line 35, leave out from beginning to e...

My Lords, I can be brief because the arguments on a Westminster sifting mechanism were deployed i...

I advise the House that if Amendment 70 were agreed to, I would not be able to call Amendments 70...

My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the Hansard Society, whose work on delegated legislat...

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 84 and I am grateful for the support of the noble Baroness, La...

It may be for the convenience of the House if I remind your Lordships that we are debating Amendm...

My Lords, I support Amendment 70, moved by my noble friend Lord Lisvane. May I express the hope t...

My Lords, briefly, I support the amendment of my noble friend Lord Lisvane who, with his vast exp...

My Lords, I am pleased to support the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, on Amendment 70. It is a very use...

My Lords, I support the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, to extend the scrutiny...

My Lords, I support Amendment 70. If I am in order, I shall speak also to Amendment 71 in the nam...

My Lords, I support the amendment so ably moved by the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane. In my view, it s...

My Lords, I have an interest in Amendments 70 and 71. I am interested because they address the is...

My Lords, I think I agree with every statement that has been made in the course of this debate. A...

My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 70. There is not really much left to say as noble Lords hav...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. The Government take par...

My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister and to noble Lords who have taken part in this debat...

My Lords, in the third Division earlier this evening on Amendment 110A, the number of noble Lords...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

70C: Schedule 7, page 45, line 23, at end insert—

“Commi...

Moved by

Lord Sharkey

72: Schedule 7, page 45, line 32, leave out from “contains” to ...

My Lords, Amendment 72 would impose measures on the Minister, where he or she was dealing with th...

I wonder whether the noble Lord could clarify something. He has been referring to Amendment 83A i...

In fact I was thinking of government Amendment 83N—I am sorry that I did not make that clear—whic...

My Lords, the amendment is self-explanatory. If urgent regulations have to be laid, having an exp...

I thank noble Lords for this very brief debate. As I indicated in Committee, the Government have ...

I thank the noble Baroness the Leader of the House for Amendment 83N and agreeing with us that it...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

72ZA: Schedule 7, page 45, line 38, leave out “one month” and ...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

72B: Schedule 7, page 47, line 14, leave out paragraphs (a) an...

If Amendment 72H is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 73 by reason of pre-emption.

Amendme...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

72H: Schedule 7, page 47, line 43, leave out sub-paragraph (2)...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

73A: Schedule 7, page 48, line 14, leave out from “under” to e...

Moved by

The Duke of Wellington

74: Schedule 7, page 48, line 21, leave out paragraph...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

75A: Schedule 7, page 48, line 26, after “is” insert “(if a dr...

Moved by

Lord Lisvane

77: Schedule 7, page 49, line 4, leave out paragraph 13

My Lords, this amendment is consequential on Amendment 70, agreed by your Lordships a short time ...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

77E: Schedule 7, page 49, line 35, at end insert—

“Commi...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

78A: Schedule 7, page 50, line 9, leave out “one month” and in...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

82: Schedule 7, page 51, line 42, at end insert—

“Antici...

Moved by

Lord Low of Dalston

83A: Schedule 7, page 52, line 16, leave out “section 7(...

My Lords, I thought we would never get there. I shall speak also to Amendment 83E. These amendmen...

I should point out that if this amendment were to be agreed, I could not call Amendments 83AA to ...

My Lords, I support the amendments moved and spoken to by the noble Lord, Lord Low. He set out th...

My Lords, I am pleased to be able to speak in support of these amendments, to which I have added ...

My Lords, I rise to speak very briefly, and I hope that in that respect I will be a safe harbour ...

My Lords, I strongly support the amendments, but I wish to ask about what I thought was a remarka...

Perhaps I may explain. There was an error in transmission between the votes presented by the tell...

My Lords, perhaps I may comment a bit further, because I think there is a serious problem in the ...

My Lords, I may be under a misapprehension, but I thought that the Question before the House was ...

I follow the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Cashman, and intervene briefly to thank the noble Lo...

My Lords, the amendments have been moved so powerfully and comprehensively by the noble Lord, Lor...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Low, for his time and consideration on the import...

The Minister is repeating what he said in response to my Amendment 30. It was pointed out by me a...

I heard the point that the noble and learned Lord makes, but we are talking about the statements ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his reply and to all those who have spoken—my co-sign...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

83AA: Schedule 7, page 52, line 16, leave out “, 8”

83AB...

Moved by

Baroness Goldie

83C: Schedule 7, page 52, line 20, at end insert—

“(2A...

My Lords, the statutory instruments to come under this Bill are the means to a unique end—correct...

My Lords, I welcome Amendment 83C but will refer to Amendment 83D, to which the Minister devoted ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Beith. The Government have moved on thi...

I now look forward to giving that response. I thank the noble and learned Lord for his comments. ...

Before the noble Baroness sits down, I assume that she is going to answer the questions I put to ...

I am sorry. I did not have a detailed note about the point raised by the noble Lord, so may I und...

I am sorry to press the noble Baroness, who is normally so helpful, but she has not clarified wha...

We are not reconsidering. We are simply considering the appropriate text. The general point has b...

Is the Minister saying that the Government have no intention to come back on this issue at Third ...

Indeed. That is the case.

Moved by

Lord Callanan

83F: Schedule 7, page 52, line 35, leave out “the reasons for ...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

83L: Schedule 7, page 53, line 16, at end insert—

“Furth...

My Lords, throughout debates on this Bill we have been discussing the role of this Parliament in ...

My Lords, the Government have come forward with, in effect, some concessions in this area so as t...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

83LA: Schedule 7, page 53, line 16, at end insert—

“22AA...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

111: Schedule 8, page 55, line 33, leave out paragraph 3 and i...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

112C: Schedule 8, page 60, line 38, leave out “29(4A)” and ins...

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

117: Schedule 8, page 64, line 29, at end insert—

“(...

My Lords, I rise to move the Government’s Amendment 117. The Bill’s approach to certain EU rights...

My Lords, I wonder whether the noble and learned Lord could help the House, or those of us who we...

My Lords, the intention with respect to Amendment 117 is that there should be a two-year period a...

What was not clear to me was why the Government did not move the preceding amendment.

That is probably attributable to a note that I have here saying, “Don’t move Amendment 116”.

I will try to help the noble and learned Lord. It might be because it is pre-empted by Amendment ...

It was moved by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. Because it was passed, Amendment 116 does not arise...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

117A: Schedule 8, page 64, line 31, leave out “, 8”

117B...

Moved by

Lord Adonis

118: Schedule 9, page 67, leave out line 38

My Lords, it seems to fall to me to move the last amendment of Report, as in Committee. However, ...

My noble friend was very anxious to bring proceedings to a close at 10.38 pm. Would he be clear a...

I believe it is still ongoing. Presumably it is perfectly reasonable for it to be ongoing until t...

I am grateful for that. Does it not therefore change my noble friend’s view as to how he wants to...

No.

My Lords, there is nothing more I want to say about that, but it would be inappropriate to finish...

The House will be pleased to know that I shall not repeat all the arguments against the amendment...

I had prepared an enormous speech on this amendment which your Lordships will be glad to hear I w...

It is very kind of my noble friend to say so; I am very grateful for his comments. I look at the ...

My Lords, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.