Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Bill

I rise briefly to support the amendment passed in the House of Commons last Thursday by a majorit...

My Lords, last week, after a similar harangue from my noble friend, I described these manoeuvring...

My Lords, early on in the Brexit process the right honourable Kenneth Clarke MP said that we were...

My Lords, I rise briefly to respond to at least one of the things that my noble friend Lord Hails...

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I am sorry—17.4 million people is pretty overwhelming when it came in the biggest democratic exer...

They had a majority of 41.

The majority was for delivering the result of the referendum, which was passed by both Houses. Th...

My Lords, the British people did not vote for a no-deal exit from the European Union. All I would...

My Lords, I have two simple questions which I hope can be clarified by those who are in favour of...

My Lords, I will make two short points. First, Northern Ireland is as affected as the rest of the...

While my noble friend Lord Cormack’s words are fresh in your Lordships’ ears, I remind the House ...

My Lords, it is hard to believe we are discussing the Bill on our agenda, which is the Northern I...

My Lords, on same-sex marriage and abortion, the reality is that this House was implementing the ...

My Lords, what lies behind this issue is whether a future Prime Minister will have a credible thr...

My Lords, this is not about a no-deal Brexit; it is about the Prorogation of Parliament and impor...

I am most grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way; I am just following her argument, which ...

I do not think that I am; I shall tell the noble Lord why. Patience is a great virtue, because I ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their brevity today. Last week was quite an odyssey, so I a...

Am I right in thinking that this amendment originally was put down in the Commons, but the Speake...

My noble friend brings an important point to the discussion at this late stage.

Would the Minister accept that it was completely within the remit of the House of Commons to vote...

Absolutely. Yet we find ourselves, once again, returning to where we began the journey—an Executi...