European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

My Lords, I have tabled an amendment on Euratom. Contrary to what the Leader of the House said ye...

My Lords, like previous speakers, I believe that the people’s decision in the EU referendum requi...

My Lords, I draw attention to my entry in the register of interests. I recognise that at this sta...

My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Maude. I was once told by somebody...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, is in his place, I will thank him for the opportunity ...

My Lords, I am as much a Eurosceptic as any Brexiteer. I do not like the way in which the Europea...

My Lords, we have heard many home truths in the previous speaker’s speech. I voted to remain and ...

My Lords, in the referendum last year I voted for Britain to remain in the European Union. Along ...

Yesterday, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Basildon, spoke of the vision of what was known as t...

My Lords, I am sure that we all welcome the fact that the Prime Minister was present for part of ...

My Lords, it is indeed a challenge after some 124 contributions to say anything original at all. ...

Oh!

Perish the thought.

In 1805, Prime Minister Pitt said:

“England has saved herself by ...

My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Dixon, whose death the Lord Speaker announced ear...

My Lords, I start by making a point about the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Robathan. I just wan...

My Lords, I leave the great constitutional issues to Edmund Burke and the noble Lord, Lord Foulke...

My Lords, it has been an extraordinary afternoon as Peers have greeted each other in the Corridor...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in what I suppose will be described as...

My Lords, it remains a remarkable piece of good luck if you are born in our country and a remarka...

My Lords, we are facing change on a scale probably not experienced since World War II. The noble ...

My Lords, last year I voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union because I believed...

My Lords, the Prime Minister has decided that gaining control of our borders to reduce migration ...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Low, who is not in his place at the moment, I want to talk about d...

My Lords, yesterday the noble Lord, Lord Hennessy, talked about the historical freight that this ...

My Lords, the debate both before and after the referendum has been passionate and, at times, heat...

My Lords, I want to use my time not to repeat the arguments that have already been well rehearsed...

My Lords, from the Prime Minister’s 12 point plan, the clear intention is that the UK should be d...

My Lords, I was counsel for Mrs Gina Miller in the court case that led to this Bill.

Hear, hear!

I want to pay tribute to Mrs Miller, because her determination in the face in particular of quite...

My Lords, I support the Bill and hope that it goes through unamended. I should say that I joined ...

My Lords, it is rather difficult to stand out in a debate of 185 speakers, but I am perhaps almos...

My Lords, I wish to speak about some of the issues that have been raised by people and organisati...

Oh!

That is borne out by the increasing numbers of people who are joining the Liberal Democrats for t...

My Lords, my involvement in the Bill stems from a deep concern about the Government’s approach to...

My Lords, speaking at number 145 in this debate, it was inevitable, and I expected, that some pre...

Not when they are wrong.

But there should be no rerunning of the referendum, despite the EU’s form in that regard. Let us ...

My Lords, we voted to leave on 23 June and the consequence is leave we must. No thresholds were i...

My Lords, when we are told that the people have spoken, we are referring to the one-third of the ...

My Lords, in the referendum on 23 June, I voted to remain. I took the view that the economic pros...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Armstrong of Ilminster. He gives wise c...

My Lords, one of the seldom-discussed reasons why Britain voted for Brexit is that we do not spea...

My Lords, I have no interest to declare, save that I have waited for 25 years for this moment. Th...

My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Deech. This Bill is simple: its only...

My Lords, batting at number 153 as I am, I do not seek to make a balanced and complete argument a...

My Lords, the Telegraph reports today that the EU Bill for a Brexit divorce is €60 billion. It is...

My Lords, we must organise, not agonise—this is not the time for your Lordships’ House to agonise...

My Lords, bananas. I am just trying to get the attention of noble Lords at this point in the proc...

My Lords, I declare an interest. For 37 years we have had a much-loved home in Italy, which today...

My Lords, as a former Member of the European Parliament, I have always believed that the British ...

My Lords, I declare a historic interest and note that I have no contemporary interest. I worked w...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Watson, particularly in his reference to ...

My Lords, I think that I am right in saying that I am the only Conservative still alive who voted...

My Lords, it has been a very interesting and informative debate. In fact, I welcome to the House ...

My Lords, I wish to start with a few quotes from some excellent speeches. We have heard a wealth ...

My Lords, there is a very strong argument that the constitution belongs to the people and that we...

My Lords, we find ourselves in a situation that most of us would not have thought possible a year...

My Lords, I will confine my remarks to the effect that leaving the European Union will have on We...

My Lords, like my noble friend Lord Tugendhat, who spoke almost 60 places before me on the list, ...

My Lords, as general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation for eight years, I was k...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a beneficiary of the common agricultural policy.

The Bri...

My Lords, the noble Viscount, Lord Ridley, may be a rational optimist but I am afraid that I am a...

My Lords, I wish to declare an interest. Noble Lords may be rather surprised that on a Bill of th...

My Lords, here is the paradox. I happen to believe that it is the historic rapprochement between ...

My Lords, in my 40-odd years in political life, I have voted six times in referenda. I was on the...

My Lords, given how many noble Lords have already spoken in this debate I aim to be as succinct a...

My Lords, this Bill has come to us, as it should, with a White Paper. The White Paper has been de...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Davies, has given me a wonderful introduction to what I was going ...

My Lords, I shall focus my remarks on a single piece of EU legislation. The EU General Data Prote...

My Lords, although it is now many hours since my noble friend the Lord Privy Seal opened this Sec...

My Lords, as a remain voter my first reaction was to consider opposing the Bill and voting agains...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure—humbling, in fact—to follow that fine speech by the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dobbs, even while I disagree wit...

My Lords, I draw the attention of the House, and perhaps the Daily Mail, to the fact that my rece...

My Lords, this has been a memorable, indeed a historic debate, as befits your Lordships’ House. A...

My Lords, the Bill before this House is just 137 words long, yet it has been the subject of almos...