Counsellors of State Bill [HL]

My Lords, the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee reported on the Bill in terms that...

My Lords, the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, presses his amendment with good intent. He has expr...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. I would say only that it has almost been worth it t...

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 7, at end insert—

“and as if t...

My Lords, in speaking briefly to Amendment 2 I can also say that I will not be moving Amendment 3...

My Lords, it seems unnecessary to exclude the Duke of Sussex and the Duke of York who, for reason...

I will make one small point. We will have five Counsellors of State, two of whom are not going to...

I apologise for not being able to be here on Monday for Second Reading; I was in Vilnius, the cap...

My Lords, it is of course right, and what the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, said is entirely justifie...

My Lords, I will make a more lawyerly point. I heard the wise intervention of the noble Lord, Lor...

My Lords, I also apologise for not being here on Monday; I had to handle some serious matters in ...

My Lords, I have considerable sympathy with the thoughts behind this amendment, because the debat...

My Lords, listening to noble Lords talking about the definition of working royals, I sometimes th...

My Lords, I thank all those who have spoken, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, for putt...

I am grateful to so many noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. Clearly, the amendment ...

My Lords, this may be a convenient point to remind noble Lords that the deadline for any Report a...