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HANSARDSpending Round 2019You have not heard what I have to say yet! As I was listening to the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, I could not help but remember a speech that I heard at my first State Opening of…25 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019My Lords, I am glad, at least, that I get in.25 Sept 2019HANSARDExtension of Article 50My Lords, I am sure the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, would work pro bono. Will my noble friend confirm that in the unhappy event that no deal is reached by 31 October—for me, it…25 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019The noble Lord actually said 1789, but we will not bandy this across the Chamber. One could say that 1911-12 was a great constitutional crisis. However one looks at it, and…25 Sept 2019HANSARDUpdate to ParliamentMy Lords, I have every sympathy with my noble friend, but that was the most disgraceful Prime Ministerial Statement I have heard in my 50-odd years in this Parliament. What is he…25 Sept 2019HANSARDReport Pursuant to Sections 3(1), 3(6), 3(7), 3(8), 3(9) and 3(10) the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019My Lords, I am sure that we all delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Bew, has got the message and we hope to see the results of this in due course. I add my brief congratulations…09 Sept 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) (No. 2) Regulations 2019My Lords, I want to speak only briefly as I hope to contribute to the later, main debate. I just want to take up the last point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Harris of…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillHe is a very good chap.06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillWill my noble friend stop using the term “remainer faction”? He can use “no-deal faction” if he wishes, but the vast majority of people who voted in the House of Commons the other…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, it is important that the Bill goes through as it came from the House of Commons, and I say that for one reason above all others. I believe that this Kinnock amendment…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI apologise profusely to my noble and learned friend. Of course, nobody could possibly confuse an erudite lawyer with—06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, I very much hope that the House will not be seduced by the silver tongue of my noble friend Lord Mackay of Drumlean.06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, the problem we have today is that we are constrained on time. That is entirely the fault of the Government for deciding that Prorogation should take place next week.…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillThat was a fairly lengthy intervention, but the fact of the matter is that we have been placed in a straitjacket by the Government’s decision on Prorogation. We have an agreement…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillSince my noble friend has vigorously supported the agreement, as did I, and since the Prime Minister voted for it on the third occasion—he therefore clearly agreed with it or he…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI remind the noble Lord that the last monarch to refuse Royal Assent was Queen Anne, over 300 years ago. Subsequently, every Act passed by Parliament has been submitted for, and…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Hain and Lord Wigley, whom I am very glad to count among my friends. We should not be here, but we are. A few months ago, a…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy noble friend will know that a very distinguished Member of the Opposition in another place moved an amendment to this Bill which makes it all the easier for the agreement that…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillFollowing on from what the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, just said, would my noble friend agree that we would not have had a peaceful Europe without a strong, stable Europe?…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillIs my noble friend saying to the House that if the Bill passes into law, which I think Parliament believes it should, negotiations will automatically end at that point? Is he…05 Sept 2019