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HANSARDCivil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am all in favour of civil partnerships for heterosexuals and of them being converted into marriage. However, I am a bit puzzled, because the argument for civil…05 Nov 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, the guiding principles of our health service are compassion, healing, prevention and equality. Every patient has their own concerns; all are to be treated as valuable…22 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexitMy Lords, even if the worst were to happen and the Commons were to reject this new deal, the relationship between this country and the 27 of the EU can never be the same again.…19 Oct 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI understand that point, but, given that there has been enough disagreement to worry me about what the European Union might say—others who know much more than me have expressed…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, this is a straightforward technical amendment to plug a gap which I noticed as soon as the Bill was published; indeed, I referred to it in my speech on it. As we know,…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, much more heavy weather has been made of this than I intended. I have a couple of opening comments: it is a pleasure to see the noble Baroness, Lady Falkner, over here,…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillThe account of the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, expresses exactly the failure to which I refer. Not one of these so-called attitudes has paid off, in the least. Our foreign policy, on…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords—05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, I want to make two brief points, one of which is directly concerned with the Bill, from which we have been drifting somewhat. The speech by the noble Lord, Lord Hain,…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI have a point of order about the non-envisioning of a no deal. Of course it was not raised at the time. First, Article 50 mandates that the EU shall negotiate a treaty, which it…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillThere was genocide in Kosovo and nothing was done by Europe. Crimea was taken over and nothing was done by Europe. Europe is not paying its subventions to NATO. Then we look…05 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, here I stand; I can do no other. But I am fortified in my message by the examples of the noble Baroness, Lady O’Neill, the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Scotland, and…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLeave out from “move” to the end and insert “notwithstanding the resolution of the House of 28 January that Her Majesty’s Government should provide sufficient time for this House…04 Sept 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechThe Minister will have noticed that the House is united in wanting plenty of time to discuss the momentous events that lie ahead of us. Does he therefore not agree that any…03 Sept 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI just wondered whether the noble Lord would remind the House that the winning design is identical to the one that the two architects produced for a competition in Ottawa, which…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords—22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillCan the noble Baroness explain how, while democracy has spread across Europe since the Second World War, and Holocaust memorials, hundreds of them, have gone up in Europe and…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, I am pleased to add my name to this amendment. In this most significant work for parliamentarians and indeed for the whole nation, our concerns are not only for this…22 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) BillMy Lords, I have two simple questions which I hope can be clarified by those who are in favour of remain. First, how on earth can this amendment from the Commons prevent a…22 Jul 2019