My Lords, I hope that this is an unnecessary fear, but it ought to be clarified. My worry, which I am sorry to say has been intensified by what happened on Thursday, is that if an affirmative resolution is needed on Friday or Saturday, is there a risk that it could be filibustered and therefore not passed? We would then crash out because of that obstruction to the business of the House. As I say, that worries me very much, so for that reason I support the inclusion of Clause 2.
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Butler of Brockwell
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 8 April 2019.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill.
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