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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe noble and learned Lord is being very constructive, but he has left out the key point. There needs to be a commitment from the Opposition that they will allow the Prime…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI agree with much of what my noble friend has said about procedure. I think it would be a good thing for the Front Benches to agree and for the Bill being considered by the House…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWhy does my noble friend think that, when a closure is moved, our procedures require the Chair to remind people that this should be an exceptional procedure and invite the person…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseDoes my noble friend not think that for the Liberal Chief Whip to call a closure after only one speech had been made is one of the most disgraceful acts we have seen in this House?04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt was the former Lord Chancellor’s word, aired in the press, to describe the threat of a possible guillotine Motion. “Abomination” is not my word; it was his.04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI must point out to the noble Lord that we do not have a Bill. When he uses the phrase, “we have to make provision for it today”, the provision he is making is to prevent this…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat reminds me of the points that Screaming Lord Sutch used to make about the Monopolies Commission in various election campaigns. If there is a Division on this matter, I hope…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIndeed.04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy noble friend makes a really important point. We need to remember that we are dealing with private Members’ legislation because the procedures in the other place have been…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy noble friend makes a very important point. Of course, we all know that Labour Party Members are busy making speeches around the country saying that they are standing up for…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe point of my amendment is that these are very serious matters. We are making a dangerous and unprecedented assault on the part of this House, to quote the former Lord…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat would be a first. Getting an answer out of the noble Lord is not as easy as getting him to ask a question. The fact is that the use of the guillotine is an absolute outrage.…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe noble Lord knows perfectly well that this is a self-regulating House. If the Government and Opposition wished to do so, that would be possible. Can he give me an example of…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI know noble Lords do not want to hear this—on health, education and social care. This very day I had a letter from the Secretary of State for Health in my capacity as Chairman of…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWell, the Liberals say: “We would never do that”. The Chancellor has announced major increases in expenditure on education, on health—04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to make the case for this business Motion to be considered in Committee. The Leader of the Opposition has made a very good job of…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am most grateful to the noble Baroness, for whom I have the greatest respect, as she knows. Having been involved in that exercise, which was described as a filibuster, does she…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords—04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat the House do now resolve itself into Committee.04 Sept 2019HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, has my noble friend seen the reports in the press suggesting that some Members of the Opposition might seize control of the agenda in this House—I understood that we…03 Sept 2019