Contributions
1,156 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful for that. The Minister says that he is waiting for others who are involved—I understand that they are in the House of Commons. Can he confirm that they would not be…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the noble Lord for those comments. There is very little that is normal at the moment. I do not want to put a guillotine Motion before this House; I was trying to help the…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I am grateful to the House for adjourning. I had hoped that during that time, we would have had discussions about the role of this House in dealing with legislation,…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to the noble Lord, because I think that it would be helpful to have those discussions. I know that he said, “no commitment”, but I am sure that he will have heard…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, it may be helpful to the House to know that the House of Commons has passed the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Act by 327 votes to 299, a majority of 28. Given that…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, the reason for proposing an adjournment was that there would be an opportunity for the usual channels to discuss how to manage the legislation that we expect to see…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am slightly confused by what the noble Earl says. I sense that, across the House—I will talk for a moment so that the Chief Whip can catch up—we want to conduct our business in…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am being heckled by the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, to withdraw my Motion. If we were sure that the legislation, if passed in the House of Commons tonight, would go through your…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI think the issue for this House is legislation, not general elections. The way in which the noble Lord, Lord True, spoke, was extremely constructive and I am grateful to him. I…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, may I propose that the House do now adjourn but that we return no later than 7.30 this evening?04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI suggest to the noble Lord that the first debate in the other place is of more interest to this House—the legislation which concerns us. If we are honest, I think we are probably…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am very grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. None of us wants the temperature to rise any higher. I say to the noble Earl the Deputy Leader of the House: would it be…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am extremely glad to hear that, because I made that suggestion earlier today to the noble Baroness the Leader of the House. My understanding, which I hope was a…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI apologise to the noble Earl—I caught him on the television and came in urgently to hear the rest of what he was saying. I understand the points he is making, and the Motion in…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe noble Lord might propose such a measure.04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am sorry to intervene on the noble Lord, but given that the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, was so happy to invite me to become Leader of the House, I put it to him that I am not…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseJust to reassure the noble Lord, I have to claim credit for the Motion, along with other Members of your Lordships’ House. When is he going to get to the point of his amendment?04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, there are two points there. I put to the noble Baroness that the Prorogation is the guillotine. The second point I make is that, if the Government would guarantee that…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe second part of that is rather unusual. The Opposition are not taking control of business. If we in this House receive legislation from the other place, we should consider it…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIf the noble Lord would let me have just a couple of sentences, I will be happy to give way, because I am sure we will spend quite some time discussing this. When we get a Bill…04 Sept 2019