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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am not sure that my noble friend Lord Dobbs was defending my noble friend Lord True. I think he was saying that the Labour Party has filibustered in the past, so its Members…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseHow can it come in the ordinary course, given the decisions taken for pretty shameless political reasons on Prorogation by the Prime Minister? How can that possibly be regarded as…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am jolly concerned about my noble friend’s heart. I wonder what his cardiologist would have said when he learned about the longest Prorogation since the 1930s, at a time when…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseA great start!04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI can relieve my noble friend of the rest of his anecdote because one of the shames of my life is that, even though I did papers in constitutional history at the University of…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy noble friend is very kind to refer to the longevity of my career, but it has not been long enough to go back to the last time we had a prorogation of anything like the length…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HousePerhaps I can help my noble friend. I think that the Prime Minister is about to canter to her rescue. He has told us that he will appoint to the House of Lords, as soon as he can,…04 Sept 2019HANSARDPost-18 Education and Funding ReviewMy Lords, I will begin by declaring a few interests. I was chancellor of Newcastle University, a very good Russell Group university, for a number of years; I have been the elected…02 Jul 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillThe Government distinguished by the leadership of Lady Thatcher came into office on the basis of one vote, as I remember. All of us, including my noble friend—and he is a…08 Apr 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am happy to support this amendment—although I realise that happiness is a relative concept. We find ourselves going round and round these arguments, again and again, banging our…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillPerhaps I can help the noble Lord. One reason why Chile has such good agreements around the world is that the agreement between it and the European Union—which is a very good…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillCould I just add to the points made by noble Lords? All this has been said before, when we discussed these matters a year ago. We were assured that everything was hunky-dory and…23 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationLike others, I return to the scene of the accident to discuss this deal. I do not think that I imagined hearing the Secretary of State for International Trade on the radio this…14 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionWill the Leader of the House confirm the veracity of what my noble friend Lord Howard said in our debate before Christmas: namely, that we have an unfettered right to leave the…14 Jan 2019