Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]

I remind noble Lords that Members other than the mover of an amendment and the Minister may speak...

My Lords, the amendment follows on from my contribution at Second Reading on 17 March. I tabled a...

My Lords, I fully support the amendment moved by my noble and learned friend Lord Wallace of Tank...

My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, makes a very strong case. It is...

My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, not only fo...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend and the noble and learned Lords who contributed to this debate ...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 2. I remind noble Lords that Members other than ...

Moved by

Lord Falconer of Thoroton

2: Clause 2, leave out Clause 2

My Lords, this is the main amendment on Report. It seeks to leave out Clause 2, which gives the a...

My Lords, I agree with the points made so forcefully by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer...

My Lords, the matter has been so fully covered by the speeches already made that I have little to...

My Lords, I speak in support of my noble and learned friend. He will recall that in Committee, wh...

I too support this amendment. In the light of what has been said by the noble Lords and noble and...

My Lords, I want first to say how privileged I am to be sandwiched in the list between two noble ...

The Government’s position appears to be that the incorporation into domestic law of the terms of ...

My Lords, I declare my interest in the field of private international law and arbitration. I am a...

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment, which I support wholeheartedly. I will be relat...

My Lords, we debated Clause 2 at great length at Second Reading and in Committee, and I note the ...

I am obliged to every noble Lord and noble and learned Lord who has spoken in this debate. I have...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 3. I remind noble Lords that Members other than ...

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

4: Clause 4, page 4, line 18, leave out “Except as provide...

My Lords, Clause 1 implements important Hague private international law conventions, including th...

My Lords, as my noble and learned friend Lord Keen has just said, these amendments were considere...

My Lords, I will add only this: I urge the Minister to heed what the noble and learned Lord, Lord...

My Lords, I support the amendments. I will make two points. First, had the noble and learned Lord...

My Lords, I am most obliged, particularly for the contribution from the noble and learned Lord, L...

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

5: Clause 4, page 4, line 20, leave out subsection (3)

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

6: Schedule 5, page 66, line 1, leave out sub-paragraph (2...

Moved by

Lord Falconer of Thoroton

10: Schedule 6, page 68, line 8, leave out paragra...

I remind noble Lords that Members other than the mover of an amendment and the Minister may speak...

My Lords, I will speak very briefly because this amendment has little significance now that the H...

As the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, said, Amendment 10 is now academic, but it provides...

My Lords, as I said in Committee, it is a matter of important principle that criminal offences mu...

My Lords, it is all too easy to think that a sentence of imprisonment for a term of not more than...

I will be very brief, as this amendment really has no purpose in the light of the result of the D...

I share the view of other noble Lords and noble and learned Lords. This is pre-eminently a matter...

My Lords, I addressed this issue in the group on the removal of Clause 2. I agree with everything...

My Lords, clearly, given that Clause 2 is no longer part of the Bill, this amendment would have n...

The only example that the noble and learned Lord has given of the need for a criminal offence is ...

My Lords, it appears to me that Schedule 6 is quite distinct to Clause 2 as a part of the Bill, b...

I will explain the question. Does the noble and learned Lord agree that, now that Clause 2 has be...

Does the Minister wish to respond?

It may well be that it should be deleted, but it is for the noble and learned Lord to move his am...

As the noble and learned Lord knows, I do not have such an amendment down. Obviously, what I was ...

It helps if I can make the announcement so that people can capture this on camera. Does the Minis...

No.

That is disappointing.

In any event, I think the view of the House is unanimous. This is an...

Moved by

Lord Hain

11: Schedule 6, page 68, line 44, at end insert—

“( ) Before...

I remind noble Lords that Members, other than the mover and the Minister, may speak only once and...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 11, I shall also speak to Amendment 12. I am, of course, aware that...

My Lords, I support the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Hain. I am a signatory to ...

My Lords, I too am grateful to my noble friend Lord Hain for the opportunity to raise some issues...

My Lords, I support this amendment and I, too, was shocked by the lack of response to the very de...

My Lords, under Amendment 11

“the Secretary of State must consult … Scottish Ministers … We...

My Lords, I have nothing to add to what was said by my noble friend Lord Thomas of Gresford on th...

I support the principle of this amendment. It is all of a piece with the way this legislation has...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hain, for meeting with me after Second Reading, when we di...

I have received no requests to speak after the Minister, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Hain.

I thank my noble friend Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick for the telling point that she made about Nor...