Deregulation Bill

My Lords, I have a great deal of sympathy for what the noble Lord has just said. Indeed, we discu...

I thank the noble Lord for those splendid comments. It is wonderfully nostalgic to read some of t...

I cannot resist. Is the Minister saying that it is now Government policy to have an English Parli...

No, I was perhaps making an after-dinner remark that was a little outside my brief.

Those o...

I am sorry to interrupt my noble friend, but these are very important details. Can he give me cha...

My Lords, it may be somewhere deep in my brief. I am sure it is somewhere deep in the Box. If I g...

My Lords, as I am sure my noble friend is very well aware, Groundhog Day was celebrated yesterday...

My Lords, we have not so far seen any problem, and if the noble Lord’s criticism may be that the ...

My Lords, as I said, my noble friend has made the case that there is no existing problem, but the...

My Lords, just to add, in a Deregulation Bill, the Government are a little hesitant about imposin...

My Lords, my noble friend was talking about an existing set of guidance advice, not something hap...

Moved by

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

23: Schedule 17, page 187, line 25, at end insert...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 24, 25 and 26. I start by expressing my gratitude to a...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe, for introducing this group...

My Lords, it is perhaps fair to say that four years ago this amendment would have been tabled by ...

My Lords, as I was having my supper, with my glass of water, it occurred to me that when I first ...

Or perhaps elections are coming, as they are in this country.

I was not aware that the Government were thinking about lowering the duty.

The Government r...

I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Hayter for her helpful words in the debate, and to the nobl...