Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Bill

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment and very much welcome the introduction by my nob...

My Lords, I want to make a brief contribution. I absolutely support the points made by the noble ...

My Lords, I am in favour of this amendment. I commend and congratulate my noble friend Lord Faulk...

My Lords, those were extremely moving speeches. I thank the noble Lords, Lord Faulkner, Lord Coll...

I thank all noble Lords who spoke in the debate, particularly the noble Lords, Lord Faulkner of W...

My Lords, I think we all recognise that this is a very sensitive issue. One cannot fail to be mov...

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment, and I am extremely grateful to the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, perhaps I may make a few brief comments. We have had quite a number of challenges from ...

Can the noble Lord give an assurance that the DUP would not block the equal status of the Irish l...

That would be equivalent to the DUP asking Sinn Féin to give assurances tomorrow that it will nev...

Does the noble Lord understand what the phrase, “equal status for the Irish language” means? Beca...

My Lords, I will speak very briefly in support of the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Hayward...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, for the manner in which brought forward his amend...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, for the considered way in which he introduced his...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, tabled Amendment 2 and my noble friend Lord Collins of Hi...

Does the noble Lord accept that in Northern Ireland, Government after Government since 1921 have ...

This really is very wide of the Bill.

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her remarks on this important issue, and my noble friend Lord ...

My Lords, this has been a full and very constructive debate. First, I apologise to the noble Baro...

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Yes, maybe. I would quote another senior Ulsterman who the other day said to me twice that, “It h...

Moved by

Baroness Barker

3: Clause 4, leave out Clause 4

My Lords, in moving the amendment I want to return to the issues I talked about at Second Reading...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for prompting this debate on the provisions contained wi...

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for prompting further debate on the prov...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for the statements she made from the Dispatch Box. She has gone a ...

My Lords, before the right reverend Prelate sits down, I ask for some clarification. Has he heard...

I thank the noble Lord for the question and the invitation to respond. During the time of my mini...

My Lords, I interpose briefly on the mechanisms of the Church of England. I hope that when Anglic...

My Lords, at earlier stages of this Bill, I informed the House that I was brought up in a religio...

My Lords, Amendment 1, moved by my noble friend Lord Faulkner of Worcester and supported by my no...

My Lords, I think I can answer the noble Baroness with a reply to that very last point. I gave he...

Moved by

Lord Hayward

2: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Marr...

My Lords, in rising to move my amendment, I will make reference to a number of different aspects,...

There are many occasions on which I disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Kilclooney, but this is no...

My Lords, when I approach the subject of Northern Ireland, I do so with sensitivity to its troubl...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, for his amended amendment, which is helpful for t...

May I ask the noble Lord one simple question? If the Assembly comes back, will the DUP support th...

I thank the noble Lord for that; it is the very point I was coming to. I said that there was anot...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly in this debate and pick up on the point noted by the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, we have been speaking at length about the constitution and we have gone a good deal wid...

My Lords, we are debating a subject which is very sensitive in Northern Ireland. The background i...

I accept the point that the noble Lord makes; perhaps we can chat about it outside the Chamber. I...

My Lords, I thank everyone who has spoken in what has been quite a wide-ranging debate, and in pa...