Scotland Bill

My Lords, a number of amendments in this group stand in my name and that of my noble friend Lord ...

My Lords, I have added my name to several of these amendments and I need add nothing to what has ...

My Lords, I shall intervene briefly on two points. First, as regards the discussion about “may” a...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 45 and 47. First, I thank the Minister and his officials fo...

My Lords, I support the thrust of the amendments from the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull. The Crown Es...

My Lords, I should also like to support these amendments, including those in the name of the nobl...

My Lords, perhaps I might raise a specific point which I had intended to raise under the group of...

My Lords, a number of points have been raised on this group of amendments. Amendment 43 refers to...

Just as a footnote to the point that noble Lords have made about Fort Kinnaird, one can see from ...

As my name can be found in some proximity to the amendments that are being discussed in this open...

My Lords, I thank all those who have contributed to this debate: the noble and learned Lords, Lor...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way and for the way he is responding. Does he accept tha...

I note what the noble and learned Lord says, and I will reflect on his point; I am sure that we w...

The Smith commission report states in paragraph 32 that what was to be transferred to the Parliam...

We feel that in the clause, in giving the Scottish Parliament the legislative competence but then...

My Lords, this has been a useful and quite technical discussion. I thank the Minister for his cla...

Moved by

Lord Davidson of Glen Clova

52: Clause 35, page 37, leave out lines 6 to 23 ...

I rise to speak to the amendment standing in my name and that of my noble friend Lord McAvoy. Thi...

My Lords, I shall speak to the amendments in my name and that of my colleague, my noble and learn...

My Lords, I echo what the noble and learned Lord opposite and the noble Lord, Lord Stephen, said....

I thank the Minister for his explanations both generally and in relation to the Government’s tech...

Moved by

Lord Dunlop

52AA: Clause 35, page 37, line 14, leave out “the Equality Act 2...

Moved by

Lord Dunlop

52CA: Clause 35, page 37, line 32, leave out from first “Act” to...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

52F: Clause 37, page 39, leave out lines 22 and 2...

My Lords, this amendment is in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Stephen. It relates to th...

My Lords—

I know that the noble and learned Lord is enthusiastic to get to his feet. We on this side see so...

I am obliged for the scrutiny that your Lordships’ House has given Clause 37, in particular to th...

The noble and learned Lord has not addressed Amendment 52H and what other tribunals it is anticip...

That is, as it were, a known unknown at this stage. There are no particular tribunals in mind so ...

On the point made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, about taking cases f...

I am obliged to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern. First of all, of course, we...

My Lords, I very much thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, for his response and the noble...

I undertake to advise the noble and learned Lord as to where a copy of the draft Order in Council...

That would be helpful. In these circumstances, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Davidson of Glen Clova

53: After Clause 41, insert the following new Cl...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 53 standing in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Mc...

I support subsection (3) of the new clause proposed by the amendment moved by the Official Opposi...

I also support the amendment which was moved so eloquently by my noble and learned friend Lord Da...

I wonder if the noble Lord can advise the House what the Gaelic for “Cumnock” is.

That would take some time. I am not a Gaelic speaker. I can speak in Doric if required. I remembe...

Oh!

I see that has received some approval, even from the Liberal Front Bench. I know that the noble L...

I declare a case of anger solidarity with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Davidson of Glen Clova...

My Lords, perhaps I could add to the anger solidarity by disagreeing with my noble friend and the...

My Lords, I think there ought to be a bit of border solidarity here. I agree entirely with the no...

My Lords, I was somewhat amused by the views of the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, because ...

My Lords, perhaps we need an amendment stating that all road signs about broken pavements should ...

My Lords, first, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, for his ingenuity in taking the d...

I thank the Minister for his reply. I would observe, however, that the noble Lord, Lord Steel, ma...

Moved by

Lord Empey

53A: Clause 42, page 45, line 44, after “property” insert “; but ...

My Lords, before I commence, perhaps I could just follow up on a serious note the point made in t...

My Lords, I rise to support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Empey, as this is a crucial pro...

Does the noble Lord not agree that one of the real problems a number of years ago was when they g...

I entirely agree with the noble Lord. He is absolutely right. In my old constituency of Stirling,...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Stephen and I tabled clause stand part debates on Clauses 42 and 4...

I did, but, for extraordinary reasons, it decided not to take my advice.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

I am uncomfortable about the arguments about what...

I spent more than 50 years in the criminal and civil Scottish courts, as an advocate and prosecut...

I, too, have grave concerns about this part of the Smith commission report, in paragraph 67, on t...

I wonder whether it would be useful to reflect on some of the things that the British Transport P...

I was not suggesting that the name would be changed—I was saying that it might suit the nationali...

When the Minister replies on Clause 43, could he give us some other examples of cross-border auth...

This has been a remarkable debate, and I am sure that British Transport Police officers will be d...

My noble friend is too modest to say that he led that legislation through Parliament.

That is very kind of my noble friend, but I do not think it matters who claims credit for what. W...

My Lords, my interest in this was sparked by a conversation with an SNP MP in December in a passa...

Is there not another complication: the fact that the financing comes from the operators? Who pays...

It would be interesting and very lengthy. I thank the noble Lord for yet another item in the list...

That was how our problem with the National Crime Agency was resolved: through reporting mechanism...

I am very grateful for that as well. In my commercial career, that option has sorted out a number...

My Lords, I apologise to the Committee for not being able to be here for start of the proceedings...

Will the noble Lord give way?

The noble Lord was a bit slow to intervene tonight.

Yes, devolution is devolution, but, as was made clear earlier in the debate, this is a matter tha...

The noble Lord, Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, always takes a keen interest in the position of the Lab...

If my noble friend is suggesting that it is Labour Party policy to devolve the British Transport ...

I thought I had all the trouble in front of me, but I have some behind me here as well.

From everyone.

With lots more to come.

We will see about that. The facts of life are that the Labour Party is a democratic institution. ...

I know that the noble Lord is a great supporter of devolution; he has indicated that on many occa...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Empey, for his contribution, but no one said that there should be no...

I thank your Lordships for what has been a set of powerful and knowledgeable contributions to thi...

The Minister said “other light rail networks”. Does the BTP have any responsibility for the Edinb...

That is a very good question to which I do not know the answer, but I will be very happy to clari...

Could my noble friend tell the House what he thinks is meant by the words in paragraph 67 of the ...

If my noble friend will let me continue, I hope to set out what our approach is here and address ...

Of course I want my noble friend to address the points that have been made, but could he just ans...

What the Smith commission meant is precisely what it said. If my noble friend will allow me to co...

On that point, can the Minister describe to me what will happen with trains that travel between E...

We anticipate that the BTP will continue to have limited functions in that scenario; I will come ...

I raised a number of questions, one of which concerned funding. I know that the devil is in the d...

As I have just said, this is about devolution to the Scottish Parliament. Following devolution—an...

The noble Lord mentioned funding by the train operators. He will be aware that, as the noble Lord...

Perhaps the Minister would take a short question from me. Is he advising the Committee that Claus...

I am saying that these clauses provide the framework that allows us to go forward, but the Scotti...

I do not understand why the Government are bringing proposals to this House which have not been t...

In answer to my noble friend, the function of the BTP is the policing of railways, which is the s...

Will the Minister answer the question that I put to him a few minutes ago, please, on the financi...

I did answer it, to the extent that there is a plethora of detail that lies behind this. However,...

On that point, and in reflecting on his answer to the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, and his earlier ...

Just before the Minister answers that question, and at the risk of throwing another Berkeley into...

I hesitate at this point in the evening to introduce the concept of no detriment, and I look forw...

The noble Lord, Lord Empey, and I suggested that a solution to this could be a dual reporting str...

I will certainly reflect on the points that have been raised in this passionate debate. No doubt ...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Dunlop, is a very capable Minister but, throughout his contributio...

My Lords, I had no intention of speaking on this matter or detaining the House, but I have to say...

I made no such suggestion. If the noble Lord would stop looking astonished at every second word t...

I am not denigrating anybody, but I gently remind the noble Lord that quite a few of those who to...

Does the noble Lord agree that consultation of the sort that he just described, which I would war...

Indeed, that is why I am so distressed by my noble friend’s response and the fact that it has not...

Moved by

Lord Bruce of Bennachie

54: Clause 49, page 51, line 36, leave out from “aut...

My Lords, I rise to move this amendment in the name of my noble friends, with apologies to the Co...

I rise to speak to Amendments 55 and 57 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord McAvoy. The a...

My Lords, perhaps I may set the scene for Clause 49, which refers to gaming machines in licensed ...

I am grateful to the Minister. As he will know, these amendments were proposed by the Law Society...