Trade Bill
My Lords, the hybrid Grand Committee will now begin. Some Members are here in person, respecting ...
My Lords, I support Amendment 26, which was moved by the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, on Tuesday a...
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My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 26 and 99, to which I have appended my name, and echo many o...
My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, and the noble Baroness, ...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the three noble Lords who have opened our session and ...
My Lords, I refer Members to my entry in the register of interests. It is a pleasure to follow th...
My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 61 and 62, spoken to so excellently just now by the ...
My Lords, I echo the words in particular of the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, and the noble Baroness, ...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hain. I find myself in agreement with m...
The noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Bruce of Be...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope. The strength of...
My Lords, as I respond to this continuing debate today, I welcome the opportunity to discuss the ...
My Lords, I thank all speakers, both today and on Tuesday, for a very good debate. I think that e...
We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 28. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...
Moved by
Lord Purvis of Tweed
28: Clause 2, page 2, line 35, leave out “five” and ins...
My Lords, this is perhaps the shortest group that we have had on the Bill so far. Not only will M...
In principle, I have some sympathy with the amendments. My concern goes to the heart of the minis...
My Lords, I will be exceedingly brief. My noble friend Lord Purvis of Tweed has made the case and...
The next speaker is the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. I will call him once more; if he does not appear...
My Lords, Labour supports the amendments in this group. As we heard, Amendment 28 seeks to reinse...
My Lords, I will now address Amendments 28, 29, 30 and 32, in the names of the noble Lords, Lord ...
My Lords, I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Stevens...
My Lords, I was delighted to hear from the Minister that a new trade agreement has entered the bo...
I thank the noble Lord for that question. The arrangements that we have put in place in discussio...
My Lords, I am grateful for that response to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, because I think the ...
My final sentence, almost literally, is to agree with my noble friend Lady Kramer. She was indica...
It is open to the Minister to respond to the question earlier, should he wish to do so. If he doe...
My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 35. I remind noble Lords that anyone ...
Moved by
Lord Purvis of Tweed
35: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
My Lords, this group follows on naturally from the previous group and relates to parliamentary ap...
I support Amendments 47 and 98, to which I have appended my name, in particular. I thank the nobl...
My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, and the noble Baroness, Lad...
My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay. On the points she made abo...
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, on clearly laying out the issues in this gr...
My Lords, I support Amendment 35. One of my noble friends has just sent me a message to say that ...
My Lords, it is indeed a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Newnham, and to be ...
My Lords, this is the first time I speak on the Bill; I apologise to noble Lords that I have not ...
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord McNally, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Fairhea...
My Lords, before I turn to the amendments, I will begin by welcoming my noble friend the Minister...
My Lords, having made my maiden speech a week or so ago at Second Reading of the Bill, I am very ...
My Lords, I speak in support of all the amendments in this group. This is perhaps a paradox, as t...
My Lords, I support Amendment 35 on parliamentary scrutiny. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord...
My Lords, I thank all concerned for contributing to this debate, which has been of a very high st...
My Lords, the amendments that I will speak to now all relate to the crucial role of parliamentary...
It must have been hard enough following my remarks without a break, so I hope that noble Lords do...
My Lords, I have received three requests to speak after the Minister, from the noble Lord, Lord L...
My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister but I would like to add one point that arises from w...
I thank my noble friend and I will certainly think about it. The comments he makes are perfectly ...
I have been leader of the House.
My Lords, I realise that I should have declared at the outset that I am on the committee advising...
I have noted carefully the noble Baroness’s comments. I am sure that both I and other Committee m...
I have one more small point. The Minister’s reply to the question of CRaG and how it applies to c...
I thank the noble Lord for his question. I will write to him and place a copy of my reply in the ...
My Lords, I thank all noble colleagues for taking part in this debate and the Minister for giving...
We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 39. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...
Moved by
Lord Purvis of Tweed
39: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
My Lords, I apologise to the Committee, which is no doubt fed up of hearing my voice. I declare a...
We are trying to contact the noble Lord, Lord McConnell, but we have not been able to reach him a...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Purvis of Tweed, whose grasp of the par...
My Lords, I will speak first to Amendment 97, in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, and th...
My Lords, I am glad to see this important clause being proposed as an addition to the Bill. I am ...
My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Judd, in debate, because he brin...
My Lords, first, I apologise as for various reasons this is the first time I have been able to sp...
My Lords, I am pleased to speak in support of Amendments 39 and 97 in the names of my noble frien...
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, for giving me the opportunity to press th...
My Lords, new to the work of the Committee, I am impressed by your Lordships’ stamina during this...
Moved by
Viscount Younger of Leckie
My Lords, with apologies to the remaining speakers, I beg to move that the debate on this amendme...
That concludes the work of the Committee this afternoon. The Committee stands adjourned. I remind...