Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill [HL]

Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Tuesday, 12 January 2010, in the House of Lords.

Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill (HL). Lords committee stage. Clauses 1 to 3 agreed to. Bill reported without amendment. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

716 c73-82GC

Session

2009-10

Department

Northern Ireland Office

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee

Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill (HL). Explanatory Notes HL Bill 4-EN also published.
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 716 c74GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry that we cannot wholeheartedly support this set of amendments. We have not put o...

Viscount Brookeborough | 716 c80GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for giving way. Would she not agree that she has contradicted the meaning of wh...

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Lord Maginnis of Drumglass | 716 c81GC (Link to this contribution) It sounds like turkeys voting for Christmas.

Lord Glentoran | 716 c82GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that. I accept her defence of the Secretary of State and withdraw my critic...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 716 c81GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hear the strength of feeling expressed by the noble Lord and understand what he says. Ho...

Viscount Brookeborough | 716 c77GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support these amendments from an additional point of view, which is that in Northern Ire...

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass | 716 c78-9GC (Link to this contribution) I first apologise to the Committee for the unintentional interruption from my mobile phone a few mom...

Lord Glentoran | 716 c73-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the purpose of this group of amendments is to force the Assembly to set up an independent ...

Lord Glentoran | 716 c75GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for that response, which was as I expected. We are in the Moses...

Lord Bew | 716 c78GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support the amendments in the name of the noble Lords, Lord Glentoran and Lord Smi...

Lord Glentoran | 716 c82GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister, particularly for those last few words. It is a long time since I too...

Lord Glentoran | 716 c74GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Baroness sits down, I think that she slightly misunderstood what I am att...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 716 c74-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Bill currently gives the Assembly discretion as to whether or not it should introduce ...

Lord Glentoran | 716 c73GC (Link to this contribution) 1: Clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out "may" and insert "must"

Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen | 716 c73GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, this Committee will adjourn as...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 716 c80-1GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government have said, quite clearly, that they agree with the Kelly report. We agree t...

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass | 716 c81GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. Perhaps I could suggest that there is an entirely diff...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 716 c79-80GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have listened carefully to the points made by noble Lords. The issue of dual mandates is...

Baroness Blood | 716 c79GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support these two amendments. The previous speakers have already stated the perception i...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 716 c81-2GC (Link to this contribution) Well, it is surprising what one has seen in one’s life. It is not the case that the Government are i...

Lord Smith of Clifton | 716 c77GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we support two of these amendments, as the noble Lord, Lord Glentoran, has said—and for th...

Lord Glentoran | 716 c76-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the three amendments in this group make good the Conservative pledge to do away with the p...

Lord Glentoran | 716 c75GC (Link to this contribution) 3: Clause 1, page 1, line 17, leave out subsection (5) and insert— "( ) For subsection (4) substitut...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 716 c82GC (Link to this contribution) There are two things. As I mentioned earlier, I have been listening to noble Lords and will reflect ...

Subjects

Devolved matters

Allowances

Devolution

Eligibility

European Parliament

European Parliament members

Dual mandate

Northern Ireland

Pay

Workplace pensions

Northern Ireland Assembly