Outcome of the European Union Referendum

My Lords, the tone adopted by some leading politicians at times during the referendum debate was ...

The noble Baroness made a fascinating speech, and I am sure that the House was very interested—bu...

My Lords, they were from polls that Lord Ashcroft undertook, and they were mentioned in the Guard...

I very much agree with the noble Baroness’s main theme and, like the noble Lord, Lord Giddens, I ...

My Lords, in 1997 I stood before you to deliver my maiden speech. My priority then was to draw yo...

My Lords, the present state of affairs constitutes a major challenge to the political system of o...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Brennan; the whole House will have appr...

My Lords, I start by making it clear that while I join the noble Lord, Lord Burnett, and other no...

My Lords, one word stands out in reference to the recent EU referendum: “division”. The most reve...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow that speech from the noble Baroness and the excellent ...

My Lords, the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union has exposed one of the fun...

My Lords, 23 June was not independence day for Britain; it was the day the UK shot itself in its ...

My Lords—

My Lords, I am sorry, but I do not have much time. We have 500,000 international students in this...

My Lords, I cannot match that passion, but I join other noble Lords in saying how much I apprecia...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate, with whom I agree entirely. I in...

My Lords, we are a proud island people. Traditionally, we been the envy of less happy lands. Hist...

My Lords, this vote has threatened the hopes of my children’s generation. Our young people asked,...

My Lords, the first political meeting that I attended was as a teenager in 1968 to hear an erudit...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Alton, has made a thoughtful and wise speech, and I am sure that e...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cormack. When he spoke of a woma...

My Lords, a gentle reminder: several recent speeches exceeded the advisory Back-Bench time for th...

My Lords, I am proud to speak from the Liberal Democrat Benches, where we have a leader whose pos...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, whom it is a pleasure to follow, is an orator. She h...

My Lords, the story is told that when Hugh Gaitskell made his passionate speech at the Labour Par...

My Lords, there has been a great deal of wailing and gnashing of teeth in the House this afternoo...

My Lords, with the single, wonderful and inspirational exception of our football team, my country...

My Lords, I endorse the comments of my noble and learned friend Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood...

My Lords, after listening to many speeches today in your Lordships’ House, I fear that mine will ...

My Lords, the Welsh soccer team is certainly an inspiration, and I am sure we all wish them luck ...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, and concur with her that we are living in ...

My Lords, after hearing the Minister’s responses to the fourth Oral Question last Wednesday on th...

My Lords, I, too, draw attention to my entries in the register of interests. From time to time, I...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Balfe.

Speaking to a fellow Peer ...

My Lords, in my 37 years in your Lordships’ House, I have never known a time of so much uncertain...

My Lords, at the first direct elections to the European Parliament in 1979, I had the good fortun...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hooper. On matters European,...

Will the noble Lord—

Perhaps I may be forgiven. I turn now to some narrower legal issues. I ask the noble Baroness, in...

My Lords, we are living through a molten time for our people, our politics, our society and our c...

My Lords, the Government need to start talking up the UK economy now. The UK has had the most rem...

My Lords, I suppose it is a pleasure to follow my old friend the noble Lord, Lord Flight, but as ...

My Lords, I will try not to duplicate previous contributions to the debate. Unlike many of the co...

My Lords, I agree wholeheartedly with the views expressed by my noble friend the Lord Privy Seal ...

My Lords, the referendum result has provoked much instant comment. The response of the continenta...

My Lords, all of us at Westminster are responsible for the tangle we are in, and have only oursel...

My Lords, the fractures in the United Kingdom by region, education, class, age and race that have...

My Lords, the European Union is something to which the United Kingdom has belonged for 43 years. ...

My Lords, I am always comforted by the words of the noble Lord, Lord Maclennan, who knows more th...

My Lords, it has been an interesting and informed debate, which I will approach perhaps from a mo...

My Lords, it has happened: Project Fear, for which my side was mocked and sneered at, has become ...

My Lords, the British electorate have given the political, financial and business establishment a...

My Lords, were the referendum campaigns a great exercise in democracy, or were they a great exerc...

My Lords, my European involvement started in 1963, when I joined the Young European Managers’ Ass...

Two have gone already. We are down to three now.

My noble friend has information that I am not aware of. If we are down to three, then it is certa...

My Lords, as someone who wished to remain, I join in supporting the many speakers who have alread...

My Lords, like many in your Lordships’ House, I did not expect a few weeks ago to be speaking in ...

My Lords, for the House’s information, the Prime Minister is attending the NATO summit this weeke...

I am grateful to the Minister. That is exactly the sort of thing I would like to hear and I hope ...

My Lords, Europe has a long history of being a turbulent continent and I agree with the noble Lor...

My Lords, I am very glad to follow such a challenging speech. The Lord Privy Seal, in introducing...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Judd, rightly stressed that the European Union is so much more tha...

My Lords, I am among those who, while accepting the result of the referendum, deeply regret that ...

My Lords, first it would be useful to analyse the causes and reasons for the unexpected and disma...

My Lords, I bumped into the noble Lord, Lord Howell, before coming back into this debate, and he ...