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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful for the noble Lord’s suggested help. It is better if we follow the normal procedure, which is to agree these things between the usual channels. We have understood. I…30 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I have accepted that there is widespread feeling in the House on this. As I said, a lot depends on the House of Commons. It would be silly to spend a lot of time on this…30 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseNobody can accuse the noble Lord of not being able to think on his feet. I would like to be able to support the amendment, but, at the moment, we would like to leave it so that I…30 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOne thing I have found since I started this job very recently is that it is a full-time task keeping up with the business of this House, let alone that of the House of Commons:…30 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I want to acquaint noble Lords with the position on the Urgent Question and Oral Statement. The Statement has not yet started in the House of Commons, so we will have to…21 Oct 2019HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I should like to say a few words regarding our business today. This is a very important debate and there are a large number of speakers, so there is an advisory limit of…19 Oct 2019HANSARDArrangement of BusinessI should have said “in his normal, smooth manner”. I urge noble Lords to raise any questions when they make their speeches rather than make interventions. Your Lordships will have…19 Oct 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019My Lords, there is plenty of time if noble Lords are brief. We will take Labour first.26 Sept 2019HANSARDArrangement of BusinessThat the House do now adjourn.26 Sept 2019HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, as I said yesterday, I intend to publish the forward business for Monday to Thursday next week later this afternoon. I beg to move.26 Sept 2019HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I said earlier this afternoon that we would have to adjust our timetable depending on what happened in the other place, and such has proved the case. As the Iran…25 Sept 2019HANSARDLord Speaker’s StatementI think she is preparing for what will, no doubt, be close questioning on her Statement.25 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019My Lords, to make sure that there is time available and that people are here to question the Leader of the House, we propose in agreement with the usual channels to take two more…25 Sept 2019HANSARDLord Speaker’s StatementMy Lords, before I turn to the business before us today, there is one thing I think we can all agree on, and that is to echo the comments of the Lord Speaker and thank all the…25 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, I understand that this matter has followed what has been a sometimes difficult and prolonged debate. I agreed with the Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of the…06 Sept 2019HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, before the noble Baroness moves her Motion, I thought I should speak very briefly about our business for Monday and the items of business that were not reached…05 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe House of Commons—I beg noble Lords’ pardon. We think that a suitable time to meet may be when the House of Commons is clear on the decisions that it will make tonight. The…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to the noble Baroness. I can inform the House that she and the Leader spoke earlier. Our position is that, until the House of Lords is clear on the decisions that it…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am not quite clear what the noble Lord means. As he rightly said, that includes the Bill, which will be voted on later—soon, I expect. Secondly, there will be a vote on the…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness. I think “talks about talks” is reasonably good shorthand for what happened when the usual channels met. Some of those we need to…04 Sept 2019