Recall of MPs Bill

My Lords, very briefly, I support the noble Lord in his amendment, although I am not sure that I ...

My Lords, I think we are all agreed that this is not the time to discuss recent matters in the pr...

My Lords, I would like to add just a few words because this is an extremely important issue. I am...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Campbell-Savours for persisting with this theme, and for b...

My Lords, I am very sympathetic indeed to Amendments 1 and 2 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord ...

My Lords, I have felt all along that this is a very ill conceived, ill thought-out Bill, and one ...

My Lords, your Lordships will know that we do not support the amendments that stand on the Marsha...

Oh!

Some of them have admitted that they do not like the Bill—we have just heard that it is fundament...

I understand my noble friend’s position as leading for the Opposition, but I know of nowhere in a...

I am coming to the matter of days in a moment. It is right to reiterate what many people outside ...

I think that I heard my noble friend say that it was debated in the other place. I defy her to fi...

My point is that it was debated there and the case was made for why it should change. The point I...

Is that not the whole point—that the House of Commons needs to be able to take a decision? A stor...

I do not disagree that it is for the House of Commons to do that, but they have taken a decision....

I understand the difficulty that my noble friend is facing, because she has been given a position...

My judgment is that they would come to the same view.

My Lords—

Could I finish what I was saying? Whatever they finally decide, the point is that they have taken...

My noble friend is very kind to give way. She says that the House of Commons has taken that decis...

As many noble Lords will know, I have helped defeat the Government and sent stuff back where I ha...

Before my noble friend sits down—

She is a long way from sitting down by the sound of things.

She says she has the right figure. Let me put to her a scenario. Imagine a case of non-declaratio...

The answer is yes. If the MP’s own colleagues—I do not want to use the word “peers”, as it is a b...

My Lords, I pay tribute to the commitment and care with which the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savou...

I am listening carefully to my noble friend’s argument, but surely the Government considered thes...

The noble Lord knows very well that the choice of the exact number of days is a matter for judgme...

My Lords, how can I answer that? I am at a loss. The noble Lord says that he has consulted with h...

Moved by

Lord Campbell-Savours

3: Clause 1, page 2, line 13, after “Commons” insert “...

My Lords, this amendment was born from an undertaking given by the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Sa...

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 5, which is linked with the amendment just moved by the noble Lord...

My Lords, I rise once more in support of my noble friend Lord Tyler, having also done so on the e...

My Lords, I argued in the previous debate that surely the way for the House of Commons to re-esta...

My Lords, not for the first time this afternoon I find myself in complete agreement with the nobl...

My Lords, I am sorry to part company from my noble friend Lord Howarth of Newport, but I support ...

My Lords, this has been an interesting debate—and not simply because it is an easier one to respo...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, for his references back to the historica...

Oh!

Yes, we will make exceptions in some cases—particularly for the sons of Church of England clergym...

I am grateful to my noble friend and recognise that he is in a difficult position for the reasons...

I also give way to the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours.

Can I clarify the position and go back to what I was asking? What is the Government’s position on...

I am trying to be as helpful as I can on a very recently published Standards Committee report. I ...

My Lords, I am indebted to the Minister because he has made the position clear. We now know that ...

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

4: Clause 9, page 7, line 19, leave out “8” and inse...

My Lords, Amendment 4 would reduce the petition signing period from eight weeks to six weeks. On ...

My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Gardiner of Kimble and Lord Wallace of Salt...

My Lords, I think this is a sensible compromise. I, too, supported the view that the excessive pe...

I add my thanks to the Minister for tabling this amendment, to which we have added our names. I a...

My Lords, this has been a short but important debate. I am glad that we have been able to reach w...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

6: Schedule 5, page 56, line 41, at beginning inser...

My Lords, since this is the last group in this debate, I thank those who have taken part for the ...

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Hayter of Kentish Town and I have also put our names to the amendm...

I wish to comment briefly on these amendments. Since the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, signed them, I...

My Lords, perhaps I should add that it has been interesting that, in the best traditions of this ...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

7: Schedule 5, page 56, line 41, leave out “, on re...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

9*: Schedule 5, page 58, line 5, leave out “1” and ...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

10: Schedule 6, page 58, line 32, leave out “may” a...