Elections Bill

My Lords, if this amendment is agreed, I cannot call Amendment 44, because of pre-emption.

My Lords, I will speak on whether Clause 25 should stand part, which is grouped with these amendm...

My Lords, I support the intention to oppose Clause 25 standing part of the Bill, tabled by the no...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher. I too am a member of the D...

My Lords, when I first came into this House I got involved with the Trade Union Bill, like a numb...

My Lords, I wish to follow the themes that the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, and other noble Lords h...

My Lords, I too express my deep concerns about the ways in which the Bill contravenes the Human R...

My Lords, I would like to say a word of caution as well. When I look at a piece of legislation, I...

I have followed the noble Lord’s career for all those 60 years in great detail; I remember when w...

I have a letter signed by none other than the great Mr Blair terminating my membership of the Lab...

Was the noble Lord not running for a well-paid lucrative post within the European Parliament?

I suggest to my friend the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, that he stops making a fool of himself. This...

Could the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, just help us with something? Having gone down this road, we nee...

From my position in the trade union movement, I knew there were quite a lot of right-wing people ...

I am enjoying this exchange, although obviously we need to focus on the clause. In recent times t...

I think we should stop our entertainment and get back to the purpose of the Bill.

My concer...

My Lords, I rise briefly to contribute to Committee on the Elections Bill, rather than take part ...

Will the noble Viscount take that a bit further? It is not just after the general election has be...

First, I thank the noble Lord for promoting me to a position that I am unlikely ever to hold. I d...

My Lords, the noble Viscount should not be so modest and reticent about the possibility of achiev...

My Lords, I make it clear at the outset—I will take any intervention noble Lords want to make—tha...

My Lords—

If I may complete my remarks, they will not be subject to the new provisions in Clause 24, which,...

I thank the Minister for allowing me to intervene. As a point of clarification, I understood that...

All those bodies in the current list in Section 88(2) of PPERA are carved out, whatever their des...

I simply wish to congratulate the Minister on following so very clearly the precautionary princip...

I am saying that there is a practical possibility that this might arise. I take it that, however ...

My Lords, the Minister is now going to consider safeguards under Clause 25. I invite him to bear ...

My Lords, I have given a very clear undertaking that I will consider this concern. As it stands, ...

My Lords, I welcome the Minister’s comments and the discussions that will follow. However, I must...

My Lords, having listened to the debate, the noble Viscount’s contribution was obviously one that...

My Lords, I very much welcome the Minister’s response to this debate. I think we are making progr...

Moved by

Lord True

43: Clause 25, page 35, leave out lines 8 to 10

Member’s exp...

Moved by

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

45B: After Clause 25, insert the following ne...

My Lords, the purpose of this amendment is very simple. It is to increase transparency around thi...

My Lords, yet again I support the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts. I share his view th...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbots, for his introduction. As I am su...

My Lords, again, this is a significant point that has been raised, and I am grateful to those who...

My Lords, I am grateful for the support for this amendment. I say to the noble Baroness, Lady Bar...

Moved by

Lord True

46: Clause 26, page 36, line 15, after “period” insert “in relatio...

I am sort of moving this on behalf of my noble friend Lady Hayman of Ullock. We have sort of trie...

My Amendment 48A has been grouped with the stand part debate. I thought about degrouping it, but ...

My Lords, I wish to speak in this relatively short debate to say that these Benches start from th...

My Lords, I am grateful to those who have contributed to this short debate. I acknowledge the com...

The explanation that the noble Lord has given in relation to the clause is not altogether satisfa...

Do you wish to test the opinion of the House?

No, I do not. I withdraw our opposition.

Moved by

Lord True

49: Clause 27, page 38, line 37, after “a” insert “reserved”