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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillCould I complete my point? I am very grateful to the Minister but I am puzzled by that explanation, because the Bill already deals specifically with this subject in Clause 2(3). I…07 Nov 2022HANSARDOnline Safety BillCould the noble Lord suggest to business managers that if further time is required for the Bill and is not otherwise available, it would be available if the Government were to…07 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMay I ask the noble Lord two questions? First, should these problems not have been considered by the United Kingdom Government before they signed the protocol? Secondly, is there…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillVery helpful.02 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillCould I suggest to the noble Lord, before he sits down, that the real question is not whether the Ministers on the Front Bench would be happy to exercise these powers, but whether…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillThere are many difficulties with that argument, the first being that there are good-faith negotiations that the United Kingdom is involved in. One cannot assume that they will not…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillIt is elementary as a matter of diplomacy and of international law that a country is perfectly entitled to reach a new agreement in the circumstances as they then exist. That is…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillIf the noble Lord’s position is that the EU is acting in bad faith, the United Kingdom, if it takes that view, is perfectly entitled to use the procedures set out in the protocol…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillAs always, the noble and learned Baroness speaks great sense. I shall address very briefly a point that is not about electricity, although I hope it may spark some general…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillIt is getting late—we are almost at dinnertime, I hope. The point is about international law. Clause 13 would exclude the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillThe noble Lord said that the Government take the view that it is inappropriate for the court of justice to retain jurisdiction, but why is it necessary—that is the test in…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI completely agree with the noble Lord, particularly in relation to his tribute to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge. In his absence—as his junior as it were—I draw this…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I am not going to comment on the politics of Northern Ireland—I am a mere lawyer—but the noble Lord, Lord Campbell, raised a particular point on Article 16, and the…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillFor my part, and I am sure it is true of others who have spoken in this debate, I am not asking the Government to exercise Article 16 tomorrow. The point is that the availability…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillOr contributed.25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI entirely understand the noble Lord’s political grievance, but the fact is that Article 16 is part of the protocol and the political grievance cannot itself provide the basis for…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I very much agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Campbell, said about this being a context where it would be enormously helpful to this House, and to Parliament…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillCan the Minister explain how the doctrine of necessity can be satisfied when the Government themselves reserve their position to use a power that is contained in the protocol?25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Bew, because he has at least made the effort to present an argument as to why the Bill is not a breach of international…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI bow to the noble Lord, who has immeasurably more knowledge and experience of Northern Ireland than I could possibly have, but of course I have read the Northern Ireland…25 Oct 2022