European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

My Lords, in supporting this group of new clauses and amendments, I shall vote for any one of the...

My Lords, in supporting Amendment 9B I shall speak also to Amendments 25 and 41. It is a pleasure...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, but I do not know what evidence she has ...

Oh!

There are murmurs from the Benches opposite, but there are no new facts in this debate. This is a...

A slight thought went through my mind as the noble Lord told us what will happen in the House of ...

There are many occasions when this House can bring forward new arguments and a fresh perspective ...

My Lords, on the issue of new facts, does the noble Lord agree that one new fact is the communica...

I am sure many of those groups made their views known when the matter was debated in the other pl...

My Lords, during this debate, which may be lengthy, it would be helpful for those of us sitting l...

My Lords, I do not think I ever referred to the Opposition raising objections. The noble Baroness...

I entirely endorse what my noble friend said when he replied to the last interjection. However, h...

My Lords, we could but the Government decided not to. I wish we would. I would like the Governmen...

The noble Lord, Lord Howard, has made one major assertion repeatedly: he kept saying that there a...

My Lords, the debate in the other place was very recent. That fact, along with the others, was we...

My Lords, 3 million foreign nationals in a population of about 65 million represents a minority. ...

My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord but he seems to be launching into a Second Readi...

I thank the noble Countess. I have a short speech—about as third as long as the previous speech—a...

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My Lords, we shall hear next from the most reverend Primate.

My Lords, Uganda was referred to by the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham. It was regrettable that Id...

Does the most reverend Primate not understand the moral obligation on this Government? These peop...

I never want to see any human person used as a bargaining chip. They are made in God’s likeness a...

My Lords, I support Amendment 9B, which is in my name as well as those of the other three noble L...

My Lords, I support Amendment 9B, which overlaps with other amendments, including Amendment 37 in...

My Lords, what faces us today is an extremely serious issue, and I want to put before your Lordsh...

What is the argument against a unilateral gesture on the part of this Government, generating good...

A unilateral declaration of that kind is not treating fairly all the people who are affected by t...

I respectfully point out to the noble and learned Lord and to the noble Lord, Lord Howard, that L...

My Lords, I do not regard myself as bound by remarks made by Dr Liam Fox anywhere. I have been gi...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 16A and 38 and I also support Amendment 9B. Whether or not o...

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My Lords, even if you are a Liberal Democrat you cannot have it both ways. You either give priori...

Perhaps the noble Lord will forgive me but if he listens to my argument he will understand the an...

The noble Lord talks about fear and anxiety but does he agree that what we have heard this aftern...

My Lords, no, I do not agree with the noble Viscount for one moment. These are fears expressed to...

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My Lords, we need to try to organise this debate so that we hear all sides of the argument. I hop...

My Lords, in a manner which has not been followed by anybody else in the House today, I should de...

He is there.

Then perhaps he will do us the kindness of addressing us, because it is an almost unique experien...

Oh!

My Lords, people of nationalities of other countries within the Union are foreigners.

Will the noble Lord develop the argument about protecting the rights of UK citizens a little furt...

That is exactly what the Prime Minister has said: we will look for an equitable solution. That me...

My Lords, I point out to the noble Lord that the amendment is structured as it is because we are ...

Of course we do not have the power to look after our citizens overseas—not in these days when we ...

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I am sorry. It is the turn of the Labour Party. I suggest we hear from the noble Baroness, Lady K...

My Lords, I support this amendment. I also have my name on Amendment 16A with the noble Lord, Lor...

My Lords, I did not participate at Second Reading because I could not be present for the closing ...

My Lords, emotions understandably run high on this issue, both here and on the continent. As a lo...

My Lords, I have tabled Amendment 25 on behalf of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, of which I...

My Lords, I rise to speak in support of Amendment 25, to which I have added my name, and in gener...

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My Lords, I think it would be appropriate to have my noble friend Lord Lawson and then hear from ...

My Lords, I assure your Lordships that I will be very brief indeed. I shall start by declaring an...

My Lords, I have put on one side the remarks that I was going to make because I want to concentra...

My Lords, I have the misfortune to disagree with the conclusions reached by the noble and learned...

The noble Lord just made the point that he would rather have this amendment on the statute. I do ...

Just as Brexit means Brexit, legally resident means legally resident.

Oh!

We might have to take the expert opinion of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern,...

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No doubt the noble Lord will try and intervene at another stage, given his characteristically gen...

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My Lords, I have suggested that we hear from the noble Lord, Lord Green. We will have a chance to...

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 40 and comment on Amendment 9B, which is the main focus, o...

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My Lords, it is in fact the turn of the Conservatives.

My Lords, I was not able to be present at Second Reading, although I have—like, I am sure, other ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 9B and shall speak to my own Amendment 42. Amendment 42 is very lim...

May I clarify what I said? Eighty-five per cent of EU migrants in the UK will have completed five...

I am very grateful for that intervention and I am sure that the Minister will be as well.

I...

It would be quite invidious to suggest that those of us who are sticking to the rules in relation...

The point really is that we then move from the practical to the moral. Some of us take the belief...

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My Lords, I believe the Lib Dems still want to make a contribution. Let us hear from the noble Ba...

My Lords, I shall be brief. It has been a long debate, but this issue has exercised your Lordship...

I normally have the greatest respect for the noble Baroness’s diligence, but she is wrong to say ...

My Lords, we have heard much about the issue of EU nationals being a priority, but, as the noble ...

My Lords, I very much agree with what the noble Baroness said at the end of her speech. As the no...

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My Lords, I shall be very brief—

My Lords, it is the Conservative Party’s turn. The noble Lord, Lord Blencathra.

My Lords, I, too, will be brief. When I was supporting Vote Leave, I, like many others, took the ...

Would my noble friend not recognise that we are the ones walking out of the EU? We are the ones w...

Yes, my Lords, but we also owe an obligation to almost 1 million British citizens living in the E...

Front Bench!

My Lords, I hear the desire of some Members of the House to have Front-Bench speakers. However, i...

My Lords, I will be extremely brief. After such an extensive debate, there is just one aspect tha...

My Lords, much has been said this afternoon surrounding the whole issue of uncertainty. But the r...

I am one of those who lives in France, and I must therefore declare an interest. Perhaps the nobl...

I heard the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, loud and clear. What I suggest is: can we believe that these...

I thank the noble Lord for giving way. He said that we should trust the British Government; the H...

Very simply—the law can be changed only with the agreement of Parliament. That is why these amend...

My Lords, we have had a very good debate here tonight—

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The Minister.

I think the mood of the House is to carry on and to hear from the Front Bench.

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Order!

There is no constitutional crisis; there is good order in this House and I hope that the noble Lo...

My Lords, the status of EU nationals living here and UK nationals living in the EU is, as this de...

My Lords, it has been one of the highlights of one’s life in the House to hear this debate. I alw...

Yes he is.

I think my noble friend would probably testify that assurances are not enough. We want this on th...

Moved by

Lord Teverson

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My Lords, I will reduce the temperature of the House a little during this debate, but I perhaps I...

My Lords, I support this amendment and I support the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, who is an expert ...

My Lords, I am a supporter of nuclear power and I would like to facilitate nuclear energy in any ...

My Lords, I refer to a report of the Science and Technology Select Committee from a few years ago...

My Lords, I was lucky enough to serve on the Select Committee under the chairmanship of the noble...

My Lords, I shall say a few brief words in support of the amendment that the noble Lord, Lord Tev...

My Lords, I rise to add a few words to what has already been said about the Euratom treaty and it...

My Lords, I too, have the pleasure of serving on the Science and Technology Select Committee unde...

My Lords, I support this amendment. As a former member of the Science and Technology Select Commi...

My Lords, I, too, support these amendments and associate myself with the comments of the noble Lo...

My Lords, I would like to add three points. I have a non-remunerated interest as patron of Trade ...

That was not said about the Labour Party: it was said about a certain person in the Labour Party....

That was a cheap point from my noble friend. The Labour Party position was criticised and it led ...

My Lords, I will raise a brief point in relation to Culham, to which there has been reference. I ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 11, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Teverson. Amendment 23, to which ...

My Lords, I am in favour of this group of amendments. Amendment 39, in my name, follows the posit...

My Lords, I support these amendments. As a member of Cumbria County Council I have an obvious int...

My Lords, the nuclear industry has been widely mentioned this evening and I should briefly point ...

My Lords, from these Benches, I was the Lib Dem spokesman on energy for 10 years and was often th...

My Lords, I live in the shadow of Culham. Like the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, I am well aware of t...

My Lords, by now the Minister will probably have got the message that this House thinks Euratom i...

My Lords, we have heard very clear and convincing arguments about the future of Euratom. They are...

My Lords, I do not think I need to declare a particular interest. I happen to be married to a phy...

My Lords, when one lawyer comes face to face with many scientists and nuclear experts and the iss...

On the point, often made, that X, Y or Z is not what people voted for in the referendum, did peop...

I am most obliged to the noble Lord for his second sight, because I was about to address that ver...

I really did not want to interrupt the Minister; he has been very candid and helpful. Is it the G...

It is not at present, as I understand it, our determined intention to seek associate member statu...

But the only way that non-EU members of Euratom have been able to contribute and participate in t...

I fully appreciate the noble Lord’s point. That is why we will engage with Euratom and its member...

If you look at Energy UK, which gives it by the half-hour, it is about 17% at the moment, but it ...

I am most obliged for that clarification. It will elide the need for me to write any letters.

Twice in his speech, the Minister has commented that the UK was an international leader or a worl...

I am most obliged to the noble Lord, because it gives me the opportunity to refine the statement ...

I should say that I am also a member of the Science and Technology Committee, which is looking at...

I am obliged to the noble Baroness. This Government are never caught on the hop.

My Lords, I thank everybody for their contribution to this extended meeting of the Science and Te...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

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