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HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI can be very brief in speaking to Amendments 151 and 152, which stand in my name. They relate to matters that were discussed earlier. The first deals with the need to insert into…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, for explaining the place of this in the Bill and for his proposal to try and make something of the provision. As…02 Nov 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI too add my thanks, and thanks on behalf of the Cross-Benchers, to the Minister for the very courteous way in which he has brought this Bill before the House. Being somewhat…15 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill08 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, Amendment 11 seeks to put in place matters essential to dealing with the important consequences of automaticity. As the decision of the Boundary Commission will become…08 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this interesting debate and, in particular, I again thank the Minister for the courtesy he has shown me and for the time that…08 Oct 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, it is a privilege for me to follow the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, on whose committee I serve and which—before I joined it, I must hastily add—has done so much to clarify…23 Sept 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillIn thanking the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, for his very clear and careful introduction of the Bill, I thank him, the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice for making the…21 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI thank all noble Lords who have spoken in favour of the amendment. Perhaps I might briefly reply to the points made by the Minister. First, as to the position in respect of the…10 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill10 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillThe background to Amendment 12 is the effect of automaticity in moving the focus to the Boundary Commissions, which will now make the final decisions. This means that any risk of…10 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill[ Inaudible ]—proposal for the implementation of reports of Boundary Commissions with what has been described as automaticity, without the current parliamentary approval and,…27 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I wish I had the privilege of following the noble Lord, Lord Bruce, but I will be brief, in view of the lateness of the hour. I support Amendments 255, in the name of…23 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillI welcome government Amendments 209 and 262, to Clauses 32 and 37, in particular. Agriculture is self-evidently one of the prime examples of where we must get right the…23 Jul 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillIt is a pleasure and privilege to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, in this debate. It is important to observe at the outset that I consider this…01 Jul 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillMy Lords, I agree with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier: the Bill is best left as it is. Although it is a limited purpose Bill and to be welcomed, there is plainly a need…01 Jul 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I too warmly support these necessary amendments. I do not wish to traverse the arguments that took place on Report or prior to that. I merely add a word about the Lugano…29 Jun 2020HANSARDSentencing Bill [HL]In warmly welcoming the Bill, I pay tribute to the Law Commission for its outstanding achievement, particularly to Professor David Ormerod, whose scholarship, knowledge of…25 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I too support this amendment. In the light of what has been said by the noble Lords and noble and learned Lords who have already spoken, I can confine my remarks to a very few…17 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I will be very brief, as this amendment really has no purpose in the light of the result of the Division. I too agree that, as a matter of principle, it was wrong to seek to…17 Jun 2020