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HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, I support these two amendments. I do so as the roommate of my noble friend Lord Kerslake, who sends his apologies for not being here but has strengthened my arguments…14 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechFollow that, my Lords. I will confine my remarks to a sentence in the Queen’s Speech that really jogged my memory. The sentence was that they—the Government— “will ensure that the…09 Jan 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI say respectfully to the noble Baroness that the speech she has made is one that should be made on the Bill itself when it comes here. We can all have a good go at what people’s…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIf the noble Lord looks around this House, he will see that there are almost as many people on the Cross Benches as on the Liberal Democrat Benches who I seem to have seen in the…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseNo.04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWill the noble Lord clarify this point? I recall in what he said about people who tried to use the courts to stop the progress towards Brexit that his former boss for whom he used…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI suggest that the Question be now put.04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIs the noble Lord seriously suggesting that the former Members of the Cabinet were actually trying to subvert the constitution?04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt is a shame that the noble Lord has not read it.04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLet me say something to the noble Lord and to some of the other noble Lords who have spoken in defence of the noble Baroness moving this Motion. The noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, gave…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, does the noble Lord accept that the Prime Minister has accepted that her Government cannot get her legislation on Brexit through the House of Commons and needs to…04 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillDoes the noble Lord recall that the noble Lord, Lord King of Lothbury, is acknowledged to have been rather slow to spot the financial crisis in 2007 and 2008?04 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillMy Lords, the Brexit debate has increasingly reminded me of the film that shot James Dean to fame, “Rebel Without a Cause”. Noble Lords who are old enough will remember that the…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI have a question to put to the noble Lord, not to the House. He seems to be developing an argument in which there are two classes of Bill that come from the House of Commons. He…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords—04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI do.04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat the Question be now put.04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I wish I thought that the Members sitting around the noble Lord who has just spoken would take any notice of his message but, having listened for more than four hours to…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIs the noble Baroness not aware that we have had extensive conversations about this? Yesterday, the House of Commons managed to amend its procedures so that it could complete…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseHe does.04 Apr 2019