House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]

My Lords, this Private Member’s Bill being committed to a Grand Committee is in the nature of an ...

Against that reply, I assume that the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, is not in favour of an early gene...

Moved by

The Earl of Caithness

36: Clause 2, page 1, line 14, leave out “the whole of...

My Lords, I shall speak also to a number of other amendments as shown on Marshalled List.

T...

My Lords, I will speak only once, because what I have to say applies to the whole Committee. Some...

My Lords, those are very interesting words and most certainly worth reflecting on. I thank the no...

My Lords, I obviously agree with other noble Lords that we really need full reform of the House o...

My Lords, I will briefly address just two of the points that the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, made...

There is only one point I want to raise, other than to say that of course we want a general elect...

My Lords, I am grateful to a number of noble Lords who have spoken in favour of the Bill, and I d...

My Lords, this has been a useful discussion. I would only say to my noble friend Lord Balfe that ...

Moved by

Lord Trefgarne

41: Clause 2, page 1, line 16, at end insert—

“(3) Sect...

My Lords, I have one simple thought about this. It is the one expressed by my noble friend Lord C...

My Lords, I want to comment on the percentage of hereditary Peers, which the noble and learned Lo...

My Lords, this group of amendments in various ways responds to the Burns report, which most of us...

Perhaps it may be in order for me to say one brief sentence. The Government of whom the noble Lor...

I fear that I am in danger of being bored; I do not know about anyone else. A Bill was introduced...

Moved by

The Earl of Caithness

58A: Clause 2, page 1, line 16, at end insert—

“...

My Lords, we move to an important amendment which would not delay the implementation of the Bill ...

My Lords, if I was still in another place and not here, I would ask the person chairing the Commi...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, is right about the nature of this amendment. There is a s...

The noble Lord is right about filibuster—I like filibusters on occasions. I could put down an ame...

I ask exactly the same question as the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, and I agree with the point that ...

My Lords, I respectfully support what the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, said. Of course, o...

My Lords, I was hoping not to speak in this debate because I wanted to leave early and get a trai...

My Lords, I really am grateful for the contributions we have had. I thought pretty much everythin...

My Lords, it made me smile when I heard several noble Lords criticise this proposal because I hav...

I will not delay your Lordships for more than a moment. The proposal of my noble friend Lord Cait...

As we come to our conclusion, I shall say simply this. I am very grateful to so many people for p...