Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

I hope that my noble friend will be able to clarify for us the perceived conflict between the gui...

My Lords, I support the right reverend Prelate’s amendment. Neither the equal marriage Bill nor t...

My Lords, I have sat patiently through many of our debates, but I did not speak during the Commit...

My Lords, I had not intended to speak. I know that it is unusual for there to be so many interven...

My Lords, I, too, pay huge tribute to the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury for ...

My Lords, I, too, pay tribute to the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury and to th...

My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have spoken in what has been a serious and gracious deba...

Moved by

The Earl of Listowel

95A: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clause—<...

My Lords, my purpose in moving this amendment is to obtain a statement from the Government of the...

My Lords, my maiden speech in your Lordships’ House, which I am sure all of your Lordships will r...

The noble Earl has the same effect on me as Tony Benn. Whenever I listen to Tony Benn, I am alway...

My Lords, perhaps I might come to the noble Earl’s aid to some extent. I support his request for ...

I rise briefly to say that, in the next amendment, I will produce some evidence-based research th...

I agree entirely with everything that has been said by the noble Lord, Lord Alli. But the concern...

Very briefly, I shall build on the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. We are often obsesse...

My Lords, I am building again on the wise words of the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, and the nobl...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, for moving this amendment and for ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister and to those who have spoken in this debate. I am mindful...

Moved by

Lord Singh of Wimbledon

96: Before Clause 15, insert the following new Claus...

My Lords, the need for a referendum is important for two reasons. First, as we all know, no attem...

My Lords, I have not spoken before this evening, mainly because I have very much wanted to listen...

My Lords, I note, with respect, that the noble Lord who introduced the amendment says that the ar...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Fowler is making rather a meal of it. I can think of only one just...

My noble friend accuses me of making a meal of it, but he is making a massive feast of the whole ...

The trouble is that my noble friend has not listened to the end of my argument, which is that as ...

My Lords, listening to the little exchange that has taken place in the past few minutes between t...

My Lords, perhaps I may remind noble Lords that the Constitution Committee, of which I was then a...

My Lords, I, too, do not want to help the Prime Minister, but let me say that I am most grateful ...

Not, my Lords, of insulting the people, who have never had a chance to speak on this and whose vi...

My Lords, I have always looked forward to the wisdom of the noble Lord and of the noble Lord, Lor...

My Lords, I rise briefly to thank my noble friend for alluding to the research that he did and fo...

My Lords, perhaps I may deal briefly with this in bullet form. The point that has just been made ...

My Lords, you have to hand it to the people who do not like this Bill. They really do not like th...

I would just like to ask the noble Baroness whether the Labour Party votes on Monday were all fre...

The noble Baroness knows very well the answer to that question. All the votes about the principle...

My Lords, Amendments 96 and 134 seek to provide in the Bill for a referendum on marriage of same-...

I was not saying that it was conspiracy. It was my ignorance about the proceedings and the way th...

I know that the noble Lord did not say it was a conspiracy. I think that he used the phrase that ...

What is the meaning of consultation when you talk about a course previously decided on? That, in ...

My Lords, there will always be situations where there are disagreements. Nevertheless, it has bee...

I make the point that, at the time, both the noble and learned Lord and I would have said to Cons...

The point is that under our constitutional, democratic architecture, Members of Parliament make t...

My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace, for the graciousness of his response....

Moved by

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

106: Schedule 7, page 55, line 32, at end insert...

Moved by

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

108: Clause 16, page 13, line 32, leave out “or ...

Moved by

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

113: Clause 16, page 14, line 6, leave out from ...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

123A: Clause 16, page 14, line 19, at end insert—

“...

My Lords, Amendment 123A replaces government Amendment 123, which, as I explained to the House on...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for that very clear exposition of this very sensible amendme...

Moved by

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

125: Clause 17, page 15, line 27, at end insert—...

Moved by

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

126: Clause 18, page 15, line 34, leave out “sec...

Moved by

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

135: In the Title, line 4, leave out first “and”...