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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Wolfson and Lord Northbrook, for their amendments, and all noble Lords for their contributions. These amendments seek to provide how…01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, and other noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. We do not accept Amendment 60 for three reasons, beyond the fact that it falls…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe constitutional tension is between judges who sit on cases that may often concern government legislation also sitting in the legislature. The distinction I seek to draw simply…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI am grateful for the noble Lord’s intervention. I can well anticipate that, if this is an issue that arises on consultation, there may be a distinction—to my mind, it is…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions, which in this group concern the appointment of specific public servants to your Lordships’ House. I will start, if I may,…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe noble Lord’s intervention exemplifies the important conversations that lie ahead as we try to unpick those tensions. As I have just alluded to, there are wider questions…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI am very grateful for that, and I shall turn to that point now, but the actual wording of the noble Earl’s amendment would have the effect that all disputes, not just complicated…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. Amendments 55, 62 and 97, tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Inglewood and Lord Lucas, and the noble Earl,…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillAgain, we need to remember what the amendment seeks to do, which is create yet another category. The question there is: how would this help and who would it serve? The…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillYes, of course, I will.12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank all noble Lords for their amendments and for the thoughtful and good-faith contributions that have marked this debate. The amendments in this group share a great deal of…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThat may be a convenient out for Prime Ministers present and future but it is not, in the Government’s view, a compelling reason to create a further class of life Peer; and it is…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWell, I am very grateful to the noble Lord for forgiving my rookie mistake. We have already discussed during the course of the evening what I anticipate is an almost unanimous…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWith the greatest respect to the noble Lord, I made my points by reference to life peerages. Obviously, as your Lordships know well, there is nothing contained in this Bill that…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, and the noble Earl, Lord Dundee, for their amendments and for the brevity with which they spoke. With the greatest respect to their…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillYes, I do—that is the intention of the Bill. My point is that it does not impact at all the principle of our constitutional monarchy. It has no bearing on it whatever, and it is…03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI am very sorry to disappoint the noble Lord, Lord True, because I am standing to speak to Amendment 3 rather than my noble friend the Leader of the House. I thank the noble Earl…03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank the noble and learned Lord for the little bit of history—I am very grateful.03 Mar 2025HANSARDAttorney General’s Office: Conflicts of InterestI hope I manage to capture the noble Lord’s question. I do not think it possible, without offending the law officers’ convention, to identify circumstances and instances in which…27 Jan 2025HANSARDAttorney General’s Office: Conflicts of InterestMy Lords, I do. We have set out, and the Solicitor-General set out in the other place, details of that rigorous process. We have explained it and I consider that, without…27 Jan 2025