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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI entirely agree with my noble friend. It is one of those ironies that the Lib Dems started this with those leaflets with Mr Clegg’s face on promising a real choice, a real…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HousePerhaps I may help my noble friend. Why are we pretending that these are normal times? These are not normal times. Parliament has shown itself to be incompetent in dealing with…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy noble friend will forgive me then for my errant message. While he is quite clear that he did not open AV Dicey, my memory is that he quoted from it. He will forgive me, I…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I say to my noble colleague that this is about much more than what happens with Brexit. This is about how we govern ourselves, what Parliament is about and the role of…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords—04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay I try to lower the temperature a little and smooth these choppy waters? I came into the House during the time of the coalition Government. I saw everything that I needed to…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat brings us to the point that we have got ourselves into a dialogue of the totally deaf. We know that a deal has been suggested and that it has been turned down time and time…04 Sept 2019HANSARDNational Health Service: BullyingMy Lords, does my noble friend accept that the rights that we all enjoy with the National Health Service also come with commensurate responsibilities: the responsibilities of…03 Jul 2019HANSARDBrexit: Other Policy AreasMy Lords, am I the only one to suspect that the complaints about Brexit dragging on, and the damaging implications of that, come from the very same sources as those designed to…02 Jul 2019HANSARDD-day: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, what a privilege to follow that delightful speech of the noble Lord, Lord Reay, and an honour to welcome him to this House. It was a delightful, dignified and delicate…04 Jun 2019HANSARDUK Foreign Policy in a Shifting World Order (International Relations Committee Report)My Lords, I add my own praise and thanks to the committee for its outstanding report and to its chairman, my noble friend Lord Howell. I am simply in awe of the task that they…21 May 2019HANSARDEU Referendum: Lessons LearnedI thank my noble friend for that encouraging reply, but it seems that our constitution is becoming a bit of a parliamentary pantomime— Downing Street, the House of Commons, the…20 May 2019HANSARDEU Referendum: Lessons LearnedTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to establish a Royal Commission or equivalent inquiry to examine the lessons to be learned from the 2016 European Union…20 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions HolidayDoes my noble friend accept that there are perils in store for parties that do not honour their manifesto obligations? He himself is probably far too young to remember “solemn and…27 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50 Period Extension ProcedureMy Lords, perhaps I might ask my noble friend the Minister—and he is a friend—a gentle but serious question. How can he expect noble Lords from these Benches to support the policy…18 Mar 2019HANSARDFurther Developments in Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionI am grateful for that point. The barons of Runnymede insisted that we live under the rule of law, which is what we are talking about here, right now. The barons of Runnymede said…11 Mar 2019HANSARDFurther Developments in Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard. If only he were just as willing to follow me on one or two of the issues that we discuss, but we…11 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: TourismWould my noble friend like to bring a sense of balance to this discussion, and perhaps some common sense?19 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: TourismThank you. Like other Members of this noble House, has my noble friend noticed the latest employment figures from today? They show a record number of jobs in the UK economy, a…19 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: OptionsMy Lords, will my noble friend the Minister give some thought to the concept of the “hard border”? The more I push the Government for a clear definition, the more it wobbles like…18 Feb 2019