European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

My Lords, it may be downhill all the way from this point.

This is a very straightforward am...

I am grateful for that generous tribute. Will the noble Lord advise us as to whether the referend...

My Lords, we have already seen the referendum being taken as decisive. Parliament did not decide ...

I wonder whether the noble Lord can answer my question in relation to the conduct of the referend...

My Lords, the noble Lord will recall the attitude that we took when we discussed the previous ref...

My Lords, would the noble Lord kindly address the House rather than the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes,...

I apologise. I was saying that, when we discussed this matter previously in respect of the refere...

The noble Lord was talking about logic. Could he tell us exactly—perhaps he will come on to this—...

My Lords, I am afraid that argument does not do the noble Lord justice. I shall be coming on to t...

I agree with those final comments, but does the noble Lord not agree that, bearing in mind that w...

My Lords, on this issue, Parliament sold that pass when it gave the people the decision about whe...

The noble Lord, Lord Robathan, did not ask the question the noble Lord has just said he asked; he...

I would have thought that that is fairly clear. People voted to start the process and we get to t...

Surely what we voted on was whether to leave or remain—nothing else.

My Lords, people voted on 57 varieties of the future of this country. The vast bulk of people, as...

Is it not at least equally simplistic to assume that, after long negotiations and if we have part...

My Lords, that will be part of the consideration at the time. All the evidence to date is that ou...

If all our European neighbours are shaking their heads and wondering why we are leaving, why then...

My Lords, I think that our European friends and neighbours will negotiate in good faith—

Oh!

I must say that I find it deeply depressing, when we have been members of the European Union for ...

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment and want to make three simple points.

Firs...

My Lords, I agree with the arguments of the noble Lord, Lord Warner. I have added my name to this...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hain. I remind him of one or two...

As I remember, to my cost, the noble Lord’s recollection of what positions Liberal Democrats took...

Oh!

I do not wish to stifle debate but the noble Lord should know that we are on Report, and the oppo...

My Lords, as I think the noble Lord, Lord Ashdown, knows, I have enormous admiration for his skil...

My Lords, I have no wish to get involved in Liberal Democrat internecine warfare but I put my nam...

My Lords, there was a previous referendum on Europe in 1975. On that occasion, it was not taken a...

My Lords, I apologise to the House for not having been present at earlier stages of the Bill, for...

My Lords, I support Amendment 1, but I believe we have Amendment 1 and Amendment 3 in the wrong o...

My Lords, I am unable to support the amendment. I say so with a heavy heart, but I am extremely c...

My Lords, I agree entirely with the noble Baroness that referendums are a bad idea, and I am surp...

My Lords, I came into this Chamber genuinely unsure about which way to vote and whether to suppor...

It was an advisory referendum. There is no doubt about that.

I agree. I share that view. However, some people tried to sow confusion and indicated that it had...

Does my noble friend agree, given what happened in Scotland, that every referendum is greeted wit...

No. As my noble friend Lord Hain rightly said, in Scotland and Wales what was put to the people w...

Perhaps I may help. I think I am right in saying that all previous referenda have always been con...

I find myself, unusually, agreeing with the noble Lord, Lord Tyler. Having seen him on television...

My Lords, there are two scenarios vis-à-vis the attitude of the EU towards our leaving it. One is...

My Lords, there is one other important reason why the final decision on Brexit should be a nation...

My Lords, at Second Reading I set out an argument for a second referendum based on the principle ...

My Lords—

My Lords—

My Lords, we will hear from the Conservative Benches and then from the Labour Benches, and then f...

My Lords, my simple point is this. Parliament will pronounce for or against the results of the Go...

My Lords, the Government seem confident that they can get a good deal, or, that not being the cas...

The noble Baroness is drifting to a Second Reading speech. A specific proposal is before this Hou...

I certainly will not continue to make a speech, but I want to say that the reason why people are ...

My Lords, I regret that I did not speak at Second Reading or in Committee, owing to previous enga...

I am sorry. The noble Lord could have made a Second Reading speech at Second Reading. I would be ...

My Lords, if the noble Lord wants me to deal with that, I thought I had advice that, as it was a ...

The noble Lord is very courteous. He listens to what I say but chooses to ignore it. I would be g...

My Lords, I am quite happy to sit down, but I am trying to persuade supporters of this amendment ...

No!

Okay, I shall skip over why the single market is a bad thing, I shall skip over the strength of o...

My Lords, I disagree with the amendment because I see two defects in it, one of which was highlig...

My Lords, I do not think I am a frog or a lemming, but I was one of the Ministers at the Dispatch...

These amendments were tabled in the previous Bill introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Dobbs, as a ...

I find that remarkably unpersuasive.

As a result of the decision of the people, most though...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, because he, like me, sat throug...

I apologise for interrupting my noble friend. With regard to that referendum and all referendums,...

My noble friend is absolutely right but in this case the Act of Parliament that this House passed...

My Lords, I am in no doubt that the referendum of 23 June was technically advisory but the Govern...

I do not disagree with that at all. The debate when the referendum campaign was under way was cle...

Can I say—

Please can I finish my point? A lot of people said thereafter that perhaps we should have another...

It was the European Community.

I am sorry and I stand corrected. It was the Common Market, then the European Community, then the...

My Lords, I think that it would be sensible to hear from the Front Benches now. Perhaps we may he...

My Lords, this has been an interesting and long debate on a short amendment to a short Bill. Whil...

My Lords, this has been another good debate. I suspect that it confirms what many of us already k...

My Lords, let me see if I can make a rather better hash of it this time than I did with the noble...

My Lords, the Conservative Party manifesto made it absolutely clear that we would respect the out...

If, as the Prime Minister said in her Lancaster House speech, no deal would be better than a bad ...

Yes, my Lords. It is very clear: we are leaving the European Union. That is the pure and simple a...

My Lords—

No, I am sorry, my Lords; I am going to finish. I know that we will come back to this. Forgive me...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, which boils down to a singl...

It may help noble Lords if I explain that we hope to complete this amendment before we adjourn th...

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

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I have always thought the Government Chief Whip was a very nice man. I do not think he was offeri...

What would be the provision for an expression of opinion in both Houses on the later stages of th...

I will leave that to the usual channels, who will discuss it at the time. I deal with content not...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter. It is important to have a st...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, talks about everything happening in a smooth, orderly...

My Lords, I made the point in Committee that if you want sovereignty of Parliament you should vot...

My Lords, I wish to speak in support of the amendment. I tabled a similar amendment in Committee ...

Does the noble Lord think that Parliament will be happy if they are given the response that, beca...

The noble Baroness’s amendment is very flexible. It refers to a period of at least three months. ...

My Lords, I am sure that the Government share the sentiments expressed from the Front Bench oppos...

My Lords, I am obliged for the contributions that have been made to the debate. This short Bill h...

I thank the Minister and other noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. The most helpful ...