Queen’s Speech

My Lords, events in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Pakistan, the South China Sea et ce...

My Lords, I want to pick up on a point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Ely. Talks are ...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord West, in dealing with the references in the...

My Lords, I start by echoing the remarks of the Minister and my noble friend Lady Morgan in congr...

My Lords, I will talk about something rather different: namely, culture. Frankly, the fact that i...

My Lords, ostensibly, few constitutional Bills were listed in the gracious Speech. Apart from the...

My Lords, I should like to comment on four themes of the Minister’s inspiring opening speech. Fir...

My Lords, I am reminded of how quickly things in life change. One of the most vivid political mem...

My Lords, this really is a huge, wide-ranging debate—far too wide-ranging in my view. I do not kn...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, representing as he does...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure and a difficulty to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ashdown. I agre...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Grocott knows me only too well. I would love to put in my tuppence...

My Lords, in the debate on the Queen’s Speech last year, I said:

“Unless those of us who ar...

My Lords, I should like to move the focus towards Israel and Palestine, where the merciless block...

My Lords, first, I compliment her Majesty’s Treasury on what it has achieved for our economy; sec...

My Lords, my speech on the Scottish issue will be vigorous and a statistics-free zone. While I re...

My Lords, there are many achievements of the coalition that are to its credit, but not the Prime ...

My Lords, the Government and the Foreign Secretary deserve to be congratulated for the commitment...

My Lords, the European Union does not help itself by issuing pettifogging regulations on the roun...

My Lords, it will be immediately evident to your Lordships that I am not the noble Earl, Lord San...

My Lords, two grave events have occurred so far this year, the full import of which has not yet b...

My Lords, the gracious Speech mentioned continuing work on the issue of Iran and nuclear weapons....

My Lords, I want to take this opportunity to expand further on an issue that I raised last month ...

My Lords, altering the rhythm of this debate once more, I want to speak on constitutional affairs...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cavendish. I do not agree with everythi...

My Lords, in last year’s debate on the Queen’s Speech I spoke about the situation in Cyprus. I th...

My Lords, the gracious Speech mentioned Iran and Afghanistan. I would like to speak briefly about...

My Lords, the gracious Speech referred to Northern Ireland in these words. The Government would c...

My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Eames. He has...

My Lords, sandwiched between matters of life and death, I dare to mention culture and to address ...

My Lords, after the noble Lord, Lord Rogers, I return to matters of life and death. Does the Mini...

My Lords, as a member of the Association of Military Court Advocates, I associate myself with the...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, although he will not ...

This is perhaps one of the few occasions during my time in this House when I feel confused. A cou...

My Lords, I want to address two issues arising out of the Queen’s Speech. One relates to foreign ...

My Lords, in my short contribution to this debate on the gracious Speech, I intend to make a few ...

My Lords, I wish to focus on the plight of women suffering from sexual violence in war, as this i...

My Lords, unsurprisingly, even given the wide-ranging nature of the debate, the approaching refer...

My Lords, I welcome the gracious Speech. This year, without much fanfare, Bill Cash MP introduced...

My Lords, I left this House in 1999 along with a number of others, as I am sure noble Lords will ...

My Lords, my remarks are addressed first to the current controversy surrounding the next Presiden...

My Lords, the gracious Speech did not refer to Egypt, but when a group of us from this House visi...

My Lords, what a privilege it is to share in this debate and to hear so many outstanding contribu...

My Lords, in a defence debate it is a tradition to start with a tribute to those who have fallen ...

My Lords, the competence and quality of advice given by Foreign Office officials are fundamental ...

My Lords, the hotchpotch of issues that this debate has thrown together bears little relationship...

My Lords, I am delighted that the gracious Speech highlighted the Government’s commitment to cont...

My Lords, Her Majesty stated in the gracious Speech:

“My Government will continue to work w...

My Lords, the gracious Speech has already had a good airing of the measures it contains in this H...

My Lords, I would like to build on some of the excellent speeches from earlier in this debate as ...

My Lords, it is a privilege to speak in this debate on the gracious Speech. I make no apologies t...

My Lords, when I was involved in preparing the proposed Liberal Democrat responses to the graciou...

My Lords, I wish to focus on constitutional issues. For reasons of time, I do not propose to addr...

My Lords, I welcome the commitment in the gracious Speech that the Government will continue to,