Lords debate on motion to call attention to the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union and to the contribution which the European Union can make to the pursuit of United Kingdom national interests and to the management of global problems. Motion withdrawn.
EU: UK Membership
Debate on Thursday, 14 June 2007,
in the House of Lords,
led by Lord McNally.
The answering
member was Lord Triesman.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
692 c1782-854
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 692 c1838-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this debate has registered a consensus among a great many expert and experienced Members o...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 692 c1839-42 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Lord.
In this Motion for debate, we have put a deliberate emphasis on British nat...
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Lord Teverson | 692 c1834-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I also thank my noble friend Lord McNally for calling this important debate. Europe is a s...
Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 692 c1834 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there is plenty of time, but I will mention it in my own speech.
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 692 c1837 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wonder if the noble Lord can say whether his strictures about having been employees of t...
Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 692 c1837 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise as the single Euro-sceptic pearl in this oyster of Euro-philiac debate. So far 22 o...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 692 c1842-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, like others, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord McNally, for initiating an extreme...
Lord Triesman | 692 c1845-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I pay full tribute to the noble Lord, Lord McNally, for giving the House a chance to debat...
Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 692 c1853 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I understand what the noble Baroness is saying, but I am well within my rights to ask a qu...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 692 c1853 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord is not in breach of any order of the House but as this is a self-regulating...
Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 692 c1853 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as there are still 15 minutes on the clock, can I ask the Minister to answer the second qu...
Lord Triesman | 692 c1847-53 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have said that we will always hold debates on Europe in Parliament, as we are doing toda...
Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 692 c1847 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there are20 minutes on the clock. Did I understand the noble Lord to say that the Governme...
Lord Triesman | 692 c1854 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, no treaty compels secrecy but prudence in conducting a negotiation that has to come to a c...
Lord Howe of Aberavon | 692 c1787-90 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord McNally, for initiating this debate, while refraining from cl...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 692 c1785-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord McNally, has done this House an immense service by raising, and speak...
Lord McNally | 692 c1782-5 (Link to this contribution)
rose to call attention to the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union and to the contribut...
Lord Roper | 692 c1812-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I certainly agree with the conclusions of the noble Lord, Lord Hannay. I would take a view...
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 692 c1809-12 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this is a good moment to be reviewing the UK's membership of the European Union. We are on...
Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 692 c1807-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there are few Chambers in Parliaments in Europe which speak with greater knowledge of what...
Lord Brittan of Spennithorne | 692 c1805-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in this timely and welcome debate, it is right to put the inevitable focus on the forthcom...
Lord Williamson of Horton | 692 c1790-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as this is a European Union debate, I declare that I spent a part of my career in United K...
Lord Harrison | 692 c1792-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I feel like a queasy quasar among the galaxy of stars who have already spoken in this deba...
Bishop of Chester | 692 c1800-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a privilege to speak in this debate among such an array of distinguished speakers. T...
Lord Haskel | 692 c1802-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord McNally, on the debate. Like him, I think it is import...
Lord Tugendhat | 692 c1795-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, very much congratulate the noble Lord, Lord McNally, on introducing the debate and...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 692 c1797-800 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in listening to this debate, which I congratulate my noble friend Lord McNally on having i...
Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 692 c1834 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down—
Lord Bowness | 692 c1832-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, like other noble Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord McNally, for securing and introducing...
Lord Jay of Ewelme | 692 c1815-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, like others, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord McNally, on choosing Europe as the subjec...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 692 c1818-20 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord McNally for introducing this debate. I wish to highlight some...
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard | 692 c1820-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the House owes a great debt to the noble Lord, Lord McNally, for the timing and the drafti...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 692 c1822-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord McNally, on the timing of this debate. He is a v...
Lord Taverne | 692 c1825-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a long time since I have spoken in a debate about Europe, and I am as impressed as e...
Lord Watson of Invergowrie | 692 c1826-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, commend the noble Lord, Lord McNally, for introducing this debate—and very timely ...
Lord Inglewood | 692 c1830-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, when I was preparing my remarks for the debate of the noble Lord, Lord McNally—on which I ...
Lord McNally | 692 c1854 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated. I do not think that I am revealing any secr...
Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 692 c1837-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, if the noble Lord has a little patience, he will hear the kernel of my argument. Former Mi...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 692 c1853 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord, Lord McNally, my Lords; I beg your pardon. I urge the noble Lord, Lord Pearson, to s...
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