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HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillWhat he says he will do has nothing whatever to do with the law of the land as decided by both Houses of Parliament. I would expect every single parliamentarian to obey the law of…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillIf the noble and learned Lord is arguing that the letter has to have a reason in it, does that not mean it is conditional?06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI entirely agree with my noble friend on the subject of getting on with discussing these amendments and their nature, but is he seriously arguing that if a problem that affects…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillThe noble Baroness is vastly experienced; having been in the European Parliament, she understands these things and I cannot pretend to do so. When the issue of the extension…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillWe are aware of that because my noble friend told us so not 10 minutes ago. What we are discussing here is the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, who has made a…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillWe had a very long period of what some people have called filibustering. It resulted in a deal between the Front Benches in which the Opposition Leader gave an undertaking not to…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillAnd that would be a very good question to ask at Second or Third Reading, but we are in Committee here and we are discussing a particular amendment.06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI do not want to take us back into the territory that we were in earlier this week, so the noble Lord will forgive me if I do not respond on the abuse of this House, given that…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillIs not the reality, as we can see from the gilets jaunes and from what is happening in Italy, Greece and Spain, that, as the polls show, many people are thoroughly discontented…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillThe noble Lord is referring to me and the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, told me off for intervening because I did not get here in time. I had to go and speak at a social care…05 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI know what the noble Baroness is doing. We referred to the debate we had on the Cooper-Letwin Bill earlier this year, in which she gave an undertaking—now broken—that they would…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am uniquely disadvantaged as well, because I am not a lawyer, but I always understood that the courts did not get involved in proceedings in Parliament. That would seem to be…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYes, I am. And they did so with the aid of the Speaker, who has acted in a way that is, to say the least, somewhat novel. It is an important point, because those Standing Orders…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe noble Lord, Lord Warner, mentioned me by name and made the assertion that we were somehow preventing the consideration of the Bill from the House of Commons. Should we not…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseDoes my noble friend not agree that, until quite recently, it was normal for us not to sit in September at all, for us to come back only after party conference and for us to add…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt is worth noting that this is the first time that I can recall where the Chair has intervened in a matter such as this.04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThen withdraw your Motion.04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThis is why no agreement will be reached. This House cannot actually decide that. It is not a matter between these two Front Benches’, it is a matter between the Front Benches in…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAre we not getting a little ahead of ourselves here? It is perfectly clear that none of us wants to go through all these amendments and be here until Friday morning, but they have…04 Sept 2019