European Union: Recent Developments

My Lords, it is anticipated that the transitional period could be up to seven years, but I am sur...

My Lords, first, let me make it clear that the Opposition support the two Bills that have their S...

My Lords, I support the European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Bill, which is ant...

Most of us who want to leave do not equate our position with Norway, or indeed with Switzerland. ...

The noble Lord cannot have been listening very carefully. If he had been, he would have noticed t...

My Lords, I declare an interest in that I spent a good part of my career in the British public se...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Williamson, who understands the complex...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Howell, at least some of ...

My Lords, I begin by saying how much I welcome our consideration of the legislation which will pe...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, mentioned this phenomenon as well, and turned and wagge...

As we have been constrained to keep to seven minutes, I shall say no more than that in almost all...

My Lords, with regard to the two pieces of legislation before us this evening, I often wonder whe...

My Lords, I declare an interest as I was a European Commissioner for some eight years. Watersheds...

My Lords, and now for something completely different: I shall confine my remarks exclusively to C...

My Lords, I shall also concentrate on one issue—justice and home affairs. What are the Government...

My first task is to commend to the House the EU Select Committee’s timely report on European bank...

My Lords, I always enjoy listening to the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, and today was no different. Howe...

My Lords, I start by declaring an interest. I act from time to time as an unpaid adviser to the P...

My Lords, before the start of this debate, we heard from the Leader of the House that Europe is i...

My Lords, I am another who views Euroscepticism in the Tory party with concern, partly because it...

My Lords, I was particularly interested in the noble Earl’s speech and will return in a few minut...

My Lords, I start by referring to my register of interests and my education work in Croatia. I we...

It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord. There has at times been something of a debate ab...

My Lords, I hope your Lordships will not consider me ungracious if I point out that of the 19 pre...

The noble Lord gave most impressive figures for the percentage rise in our exports to China but f...

My Lords, 2012 has not been a good year for the European Union and it has not been a good year ei...

My Lords, I for one was very glad that my noble friend mentioned so firmly the Nobel Peace Prize ...

Twenty years ago this December, the late Cyrus Vance and I were deep in the mire and tragedy of t...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Owen, with many of whose remarks ...

My Lords, this is not the first occasion when I have had the pleasure of following the noble Lord...

Would the noble Lord give way?

I do not want to speak for too long. I am afraid I cannot give way because we have had imposed on...

My Lords—

I am afraid I must insist. I am very sorry. I would love to give way to the noble Lord. I believe...

My Lords, if I may read from the Companion:

“A member of the House who is speaking may be i...

I am grateful. The noble Lord, Lord Pearson, made another classic error in his speech; it was abo...

Before the noble Lord sits down, will he therefore tell us how every other country in the world m...

We have much greater penetration into the single market than other industrialised countries such ...

My Lords, I prepared a very interesting and rather long speech for today’s debate but I decided t...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord. I certainly share many of the concerns that he h...

My Lords, we read that the Prime Minister is thinking about making a speech about Europe but cann...

Yes, I can answer that—

“Yes” is a sufficient answer.

Because NATO does not make our laws.

NATO has majority voting in its own way. What about the UN? Is there any comment from UKIP about ...

My Lords—

No, obviously not.

Yes, my Lords.

They have no comment because their case is demolished.

I am doing my best.

It is healthy to—

Would the noble Lord please not go on asking questions to which he does not want answers because ...

This is a Second Reading debate. Given the lateness of the hour, we should really have one speech...

Am I going to get extra time for this?

I merely wish to correct the noble Lord. He pointed to me when he referred to UKIP. I am not a me...

I do not know what the disagreement is between UKIP and the noble Lord, Lord Stoddart. Perhaps it...

Get on with it.

I am getting on with it. My question stands. I remind noble Lords that I am David Cameron at the ...

My Lords, in addressing the terms of the Motion to take note of recent developments in the Europe...

My Lords, this was supposed to be one debate, but of course it is three debates in one; three imp...

No.

The noble Lord shakes his head, but the former President of France specifically said that he woul...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stoddart, for giving way as I gave way a couple of times to him. Is ...

I understand all that. When I was a member of the Energy Select Committee in the House of Commons...

He is absolutely right.

I am not at all sure that that is right. I had an Answer to a Question on 14 December, which is n...

What about Norway?

The noble Lord asks about Norway. I am talking about that country. If Norway accepts the regulati...

It has to.

No, that is exactly the point I am making. The Answer says that countries that trade with the sin...

With respect, that is not what the Answer says. Certain countries reached a certain deal with the...

My Lords, this speech is just approaching 15 minutes, which is considerably longer even than the ...

I will just answer the question that was put. Of course I accept what the noble Lord says about N...

My Lords, in following the noble Lord I pay tribute to his persistence and consistency, even thou...

My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have spoken in this debate and have applied their learni...