Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who will share my strong belief in the success of the lega...

My right hon. and learned Friend mentioned the Council of Europe. I want to stick on that, becaus...

I share my hon. Friend’s enthusiasm and sense of impatience about the pace of change in fora such...

Will my right hon. and learned Friend give way?

I give way to my hon. Friend the Chair of the Justice Committee.

I know that we will move on to the question of what is not in the Bill and what might be later, b...

I can assure my hon. Friend that not only do the Government place a very high premium upon the im...

I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for giving way on this Lugano point. I agree with everyt...

I am always grateful to my hon. Friend, who served with distinction as a Justice Minister, for hi...

Does my right hon. and learned Friend appreciate that that is the exact same Committee that has c...

Indeed it has made some very trenchant comments about CRAG, and that is precisely why it is impor...

I welcome my right hon. and learned Friend’s commitment to joining Lugano. It is important for al...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. The Italian torpedo is not a reference to the successful naval a...

If I catch your eye, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will speak a little more about the Singapore mediation ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend and he is right to mention the New York convention. Indeed, it de...

Labour welcomes the principle of the Bill to maintain and enhance our legal co-operation across j...

I am listening with great interest to the hon. Gentleman’s speech. Would he care to comment on th...

The Lord Chancellor has an advantage over me; he has expertise in this particular area. I accept ...

I welcome the approach to the Bill that the Lord Chancellor has adopted and I support the Bill. I...

But on this occasion, Lord Garnier was actually in support of the Opposition’s position.

He was indeed, and if the hon. Gentleman allows me to develop it, I will suggest a nuanced way ar...

I wonder whether my hon. Friend will address my query to all the expert lawyers in the House abou...

The first one is one that we have been talking about, which is early joining of Lugano, and being...

It is a pleasure to follow the Chair of the Justice Committee. I found much with which to agree i...

Order. I understand the point that the hon. and learned Lady is making, but is there any chance t...

I was about to do so, Mr Deputy Speaker, but I think it is important for the record that we resta...

The Bill, as presented from the other place, is not in the least objectionable. As has been point...

I first declare an interest as an associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

I we...

It is a pleasure to make some brief comments in this debate. The Lord Chancellor is no longer her...

I promise that I will try to keep my comments as brief as possible. It is a bit of an intimidatin...

Apart from diluting the number of lawyers here for my hon. Friend’s comfort—

We all need clients!

I am the client of the House today.

The hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (J...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. He raises a really important point very eloque...

With the leave of the House, I will sum up on behalf of the Opposition.

When I was preparin...

I want to begin by expressing my gratitude to all Members who have contributed to the debate, wit...

Of course that is accurate, but as I said earlier, the whole point of Brexit was to take back con...

When we talk about taking back control, it is important to note that in future it will not be the...

rose—

I will come to the hon. and learned Member’s second point in a moment, but first I will let my ho...

The difference is that in the EU the Parliament has a vote and a potential veto on international ...

I take that point completely. I will answer it by touching first on what the situation was before...

I appreciate that, but it did not provide a statutory instrument for looking at international fin...

I accept my hon. Friend’s point, but the way it has been framed thus far is, “Look, this is const...

We will now suspend the sitting for three minutes; those who are leaving the Chamber should do so...