European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Are the microphones on?

I apologise if there are no microphones, although it is not my fault. There has been little effor...

My Lords, in connection with EU withdrawal, and as already intimated, there are perhaps two key a...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 70, in my name, supported by the noble Lords, Lord Storey and...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 38, 39 and others regarding the rights of participation of c...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 37 and I associate myself strongly with the words of ...

My Lords, I rise to support these amendments very strongly. One of the sadnesses of recent social...

My Lords, I rise to speak to speak to Amendments 68, 97 and 158, all of which would ensure that f...

My Lords, I rise to lend my support to this group of amendments on children’s rights and to brief...

My Lords, I have one brief question that I would like the Minister to answer. Most of the debate ...

Author!

The author is the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock. This was approved unanimously by the appro...

My Lords, I have my name to Amendments 37 and 70, and declare my interest as a trustee of the cha...

I think I heard the noble Lord refer to prisoners’ votes. That was the judgment of the Strasbourg...

I thank the noble Baroness for that intervention. All I would say is that the discussion I heard ...

Very incorrectly.

That committee was chaired by Sir William Cash and included a certain Member for the 18th century...

My Lords, I too strongly support the rights of children. Indeed, I support the rights of the elde...

I have a number of case studies on these issues, which I will show the noble and learned Lord. Ch...

I would be extremely obliged to the noble Baroness if she would put these cases clearly and crisp...

The noble and learned Lord may remember that in my speech, which was about the UN convention rath...

I was going to come specifically to that case but, as I understand it, it was put forward not as ...

My Lords, I certainly would not attempt to trade cudgels with the noble and learned Lord but Amen...

My Lords, my noble and learned friend Lord Brown is of course right. There is a simple propositio...

My Lords, this has been an interesting and important debate and one that was much needed. As my n...

My Lords, I am grateful that the important issue of children’s rights has been raised. I thank no...

The Minister referred to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland having devolved competence. Can he ...

I will come on the noble Lord’s question shortly and answer him directly. None of this extensive ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. We have had an excellent debate on children’s right...

Moved by

Baroness Lister of Burtersett

40: After Clause 5, insert the following new C...

My Lords, this amendment stands in my name and those of the noble Baronesses, Lady Altmann, Lady ...

My Lords, I support this small suite of amendments, to which I have added my name. We have heard ...

Can the noble Baroness explain where the evidence is that we will be reaching for the bottom in e...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her question. As I have just outlined, my concern is that...

With due respect, that does not affect what we are doing with equality and human rights legislati...

What I am concerned about is the general direction of movement that is being mooted in certain qu...

My Lords, I fear I must intervene at this point, having been restrained a little earlier. I did h...

My Lords—

The noble Lord has spoken a great deal in the past few days; I would like to continue my remarks,...

Does the noble Lord accept that a great deal of the progress that we have made—for example, on ge...

I do not necessarily accept that at all. I do not think that the progress of—

Why has the noble Lord singled out this set of amendments to be, in an ideal world, debated in a ...

I did not make that suggestion, and the record will show it. I was coming to make some suggestion...

I am grateful to the noble Lord. He has been implying—rather more than implying—that noble Lords ...

My Lords, I could well be tempted and I suppose that it depends on how quickly you can see paint ...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 89A, 129A and 157A in the group and I thank the noble Bar...

My Lords, I support Amendments 40, 89A, 129A and 157A, to which I have added my name. I am gratef...

I have made it absolutely clear that I consider these to be important issues. The points I made w...

I am most reassured to hear my noble friend’s words, but it is unfortunate that that issue was ra...

My Lords, I support the amendments in the names of my noble friends Lady Lister and Lady Drake. W...

My Lords, I will be very brief. It is true that the UK has often gone further than the EU in prov...

My Lords, we have had a really good debate on equality and women’s rights, and I am pleased to su...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Lister, Lady Altmann, Lady Greengross, Lady...

The Minister’s reference to enforcement is very important. Is he giving an assurance that there a...

The noble Baroness will recognise that that is part of a discussion for another time. We have alr...

The Minister just made an extremely significant statement. He will appreciate that part of the pr...

I hope I can put the noble Lord’s mind at rest.

It is important that we recognise how these...

If that is the case, and we are all very impressed by this unexpected and thorough assurance from...

The noble Baroness makes an interesting point as to why people have not been able to hear these p...

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have spoken from across the Committee in support of th...

I will rise to the bait. It is clear that one is going to be characterised and monstered, but the...

As some of my noble friends have said, it is odd that it is this amendment, when we are talking a...

My Lords—

I think I should carry on. The noble Lord asked a question, to which the noble Baroness, Lady Alt...

Moved by

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

40ZA: Schedule 1, page 16, line 12, at end in...

My Lords, I have tabled three amendments in this group, and signed two others. What links them is...

My Lords, I shall speak to the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, ...

My Lords, I have a similar question for the Minister. In paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1, we are tol...

Would the noble Lord agree that proportionality now seems to be part of UK law, notwithstanding w...

I do not think that the courts have accepted that proportionality can be a challenge by way of ju...

Are these questions affected by the proposal to make this particular branch of law statutory? In ...

The noble and learned Lord is absolutely right. If retained EU law were to be categorised as prim...

My Lords, that short exchange has demonstrated how complicated this area is and how important the...

My Lords—

If the noble Lord will allow me to make this point, he can then, of course, intervene. If one loo...

When we were having the debate about the charter, I specifically asked the noble and learned Lord...

I am grateful for the question, because it enables me to clarify that point. There are two sorts ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their brevity.

Amendment 40ZA, in the name of the noble B...

Can the noble and learned Lord envisage the circumstances in which such regulations would be made...

With respect, it is a precautionary power and it is intended that, where the circumstances arise,...

Perhaps I may suggest to the Minister a circumstance in which this might arise. The day after exi...

I fully acknowledge that that is most certainly a circumstance that could arise. Of course, one m...

Leaving aside Article 191—we can argue about that and there is a decision that appears to demonst...

So that the Minister does not have to bob up and down, may I also ask him a question? He talked a...

The noble Baroness is confusing two distinct issues. The Bill is about the retention in domestic ...

Is that not part of the point? An expectation has been built up by what has been said—that, on Br...

They will have rights but they may not have the same remedy, but that is quite distinct. We are t...

Does the noble and learned Lord accept that Mr Walker would not have the same rights? Those are r...

No, I do not accept that. I certainly do not accept that that is the position under reference to ...

My Lords—

As the noble and learned Lord rises to his feet I am reminded of his reference to whether paragra...

Perhaps I may explore that with the noble and learned Lord. The point I was making was that if th...

In the event that an Act of the Scottish Parliament was enacted beyond the competence of the Parl...

Let me see if I can make it a bit clearer.

I am quite prepared to discuss the point with the noble and learned Lord because it may be that w...

I thank the noble and learned Lord for his response and all noble and noble and learned Lords who...

Moved by

Lord Davies of Stamford

43: Schedule 1, page 16, line 27, leave out paragrap...

My Lords, it is not easy to generate a great deal of excitement at this time of night about an it...

My Lords, I must advise the Committee that if this amendment were agreed to, I would be unable to...

My Lords, for those of us who have real enjoyment in the law, a nice bit of law at three minutes ...

Hear, hear!

I always listen with great respect to the Government Chief Whip, especially when he sympathetical...

One of the points I was going to make concerned the continued role of the ECJ, but while I am on ...

No, I would not go so far as the latter part of the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Davies. I reco...

My Lords, I support Amendment 43, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Davies, and supported by the nobl...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 43, and I support Amendments 44 and 45. I begin by di...

I have two questions for the Minister. First, will he accept that the right to damages under the ...

My Lords, it seems to me that if the Government break the law, they should be judged on the basis...

My Lords, I spoke on this subject at Second Reading in respect of the disputes that arose under t...

My Lords, I look forward to the answers that the Minister will give to the questions asked by the...

My Lords, I am obliged. Reference has been made to the Francovich principle. I am not sure there ...

I have no doubt about what the noble and learned Lord says. So why are they so worried about keep...

I am just about to come on to that. I am obliged to the noble and learned Lord for his patience i...

The noble Lord, Lord Pannick, dealt with that point. In practice, damages are not usually availab...

With respect, it is not. I have to say to the noble Lord that Francovich damages are a rare remed...

My Lords—

Perhaps I can continue just for a moment. I would begin by looking at the Bill against that backg...

I take it from what the noble and learned Lord is saying that he accepts that there are existing ...

I wonder whether the noble Lord could exercise a small degree of patience while I just complete w...

Do I take it from that that the Minister will be bringing forward an amendment to correct this?