Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) (No. 2) Bill

My Lords, I support what my noble friend Lord Empey said: this is a question of fairness, justice...

My Lords, I find it interesting that I am addressing your Lordships this evening from these Bench...

The noble Lord is very welcome to stay.

I support the two amendments in my name and the name of my noble friend Lord Empey.

I have ...

My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Empey, for his powerfully persuasive speech, as the no...

My Lords, I strongly support this amendment, introduced so powerfully by my noble friend Lord Emp...

My Lords, I welcome the debate in Committee this afternoon. I wonder, as I listen to some—not all...

Surely the Minister needs to clarify. Can he not find a legal way to keep the tariffs as they are...

I was coming to that point. I know that the Minister is around this brief—he is around every brie...

My Lords, this is undoubtedly an extremely complicated situation, but I think the principle is th...

My Lords, I think we have just heard a contribution that settles the issue to a large extent and ...

My Lords, I would be more than happy to be a signatory to the amendments, and I am particularly p...

I feel that some facts need to be stated. No one in the political establishment in Northern Irela...

My Lords, I support the amendments and, as I said during Second Reading, I feel inclined to oppos...

My Lords, I said at Second Reading that this legislation is controversial and far-reaching. We al...

My Lords, I support the amendments in the names of my noble friends Lord Empey and Lord Rogan. I ...

My Lords, I will begin in a slightly eccentric way. I have to make a correction of one of my earl...

I apologise for interrupting the Minister. In reference to the mistake he just alluded to, would ...

The noble Lord makes an interesting point. Unfortunately, I will not comment on it at this partic...

When did the European Commission’s limit of 12% become known?

Interestingly enough, this was always known; it was just never fully understood or applied. What ...

My noble friend is obviously trying very hard to be helpful, for which we are grateful. Would it ...

I always like to be asked a question, and I turn my eye gently and think: I have no idea of the a...

While the Minister is looking at that for Third Reading, can he also indicate how much will proba...

The noble Baroness asks a question to which I once again do not have an adequate answer, but I th...

I apologise for interrupting the Minister again, but will not his solution lead to a divide-and-c...

The noble Lord is correct to ask about the parameters. I cannot say with accuracy what the exact ...

Can the Minister clarify the position on a question which I asked? Should the Northern Ireland Af...

One of the challenges in trying to compare the schemes across these islands is that a like-for-li...

One of the problems with the Bill, which has already been underlined during the debate, and which...

The noble Lord is right to raise that. I dearly hope that we do not reject the Bill now because, ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his contribution. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord M...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for affording me the opportunity to make some points of clarific...

I should like to be absolutely certain that there is nothing in the Bill that damages any legal r...

My noble and learned friend makes a useful point. I can happily confirm that this will not affect...

I thank the Minister for those points of clarification. He will be aware that everybody who spoke...

My Lords, it may assist the House if I say a word about the further stages today of the Northern ...