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HANSARDConduct Committee ReportMy Lords, as the chair of the Conduct Committee, first, I draw the House’s attention to Standing Order 68A, which states that Motions on reports resulting from investigations…19 Nov 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare an interest as a practitioner in the field of private international law and as joint chair of the Lord Chancellor’s advisory committee on private international…19 Nov 2020HANSARDConduct Committee ReportThat the Report from the Select Committee The Conduct of Lord Ahmed be agreed to. (6th Report, HL Paper 170)19 Nov 2020HANSARDConduct CommitteeTo move that the Report from the Select Committee Valuing Everyone training; ICGS investigations—former MPs be agreed to. (5th Report, HL Paper 158)03 Nov 2020HANSARDConduct CommitteeI am grateful for the points made by noble Lords, and I will, of course, take those back to the Conduct Committee, as the House would wish me to do. I shall take the points in…03 Nov 2020HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, the fifth report of the Conduct Committee is short and focuses on two issues: first, Valuing Everyone training and, secondly, the investigation of Members of one House…03 Nov 2020HANSARDConduct CommitteeI am much obliged to the noble Lord for his comments. In addition to the example given in the report, of the Member who was too ill to update their entry, the basic philosophy of…08 Jul 2020HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat the Report from the Select Committee Amendments to the rules of conduct (3rd Report, HL Paper 91) be agreed to.08 Jul 2020HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, as chair of the Conduct Committee I beg to move the committee’s third report. I start by drawing noble Lords’ attention to three particular areas where the report…08 Jul 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I share the view of other noble Lords and noble and learned Lords. This is pre-eminently a matter for Parliament. It has been slipped into Schedule 6 as a qualification to Section…17 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, as my noble and learned friend Lord Keen has just said, these amendments were considered by the advisory committee that I chair. We welcome them. They are a wonderful…17 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest in the field of private international law and arbitration. I am also chair of the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Private International…17 Jun 2020HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, I am grateful for the comments made by the noble Lords. The noble Lord, Lord Newby, rightly said that this is a supplemental measure. It is relevant while we have remote…09 Jun 2020HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat the Report from the Select Committee Remote voting and the Code of Conduct (2nd Report, HL Paper 67) be agreed to.09 Jun 2020HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, this is a short report. It focuses on the single issue of the misuse of the electronic voting system to be introduced into this House with effect from the beginning of…09 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I have just a few points to raise with the Minister. At one point, he said that the first amendment would prevent us joining two other measures, the Singapore mediation convention…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, as has been pointed out, these amendments illustrate the width of the delegated power proposed. They really matter only if Amendments 1, 4 and 5 fail and Clause 2…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]Yes, it is very helpful. Have I started addressing Amendment 3 by mistake? I certainly did not intend to. I want to address Amendment 11, which seeks to include the words “or…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the observations of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, and of the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. At Second Reading, I described this Bill as, by its own…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]It has signed but not ratified.17 Mar 2020