United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

My Lords, I beg to move the amendment in my name on the Order Paper. If I believed in compulsion,...

My Lords, while thanking the Minister for opening the debate, we concur totally with the regret e...

My Lords, this Bill is, on a number of grounds, the most dangerous and baffling piece of legislat...

My Lords, I look forward to hearing, here and online, the contributions to come, especially the m...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the most reverend Primate, and I congratulate him and ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, and I congratulate him on his...

It is a real pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Lympne, and to have heard the spee...

My Lords, I follow on from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, by paying tribu...

My Lords, I find it difficult to express how strongly I am amazed and deeply dismayed that any Br...

My noble friend has reached his time limit.

I realise that I have only four minutes to talk on this matter. That is one of the bizarre arrang...

My Lords, what an extraordinary series of speeches so far. The Minister’s speech was itself extra...

My Lords, I cannot forbear from saying to my noble friend the Whip on the Front Bench that time l...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure and honour to make my maiden speech today, and to follow the nob...

My Lords, it is an inestimable pleasure to congratulate my noble friend Lady Hayman on her maiden...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, on her excellent maiden...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness on her excellent maiden speech and look forward to he...

My Lords, I welcome my noble friend Lady Hayman and congratulate her on her speech. I am absolute...

My Lords, I join in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, on her maiden speec...

My Lords, I support the Bill because it is an essential element of our preparations to be an inde...

My Lords, I regret that our virtual proceedings mean that one can no longer welcome maiden speech...

My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, and look forward...

My Lords, I draw attention to my outside interests as set out in the register. In this important ...

My Lords, most contributions so far have related to Part 5 and the Government’s somewhat ham-fist...

I remind noble Lords of the speaking limit.

Before the passage of the Bill, we need to clarify these issues.

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I also add my congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, on her excellent maiden speech....

My Lords, comments of genuine legal concern criticising Part 5 must be respected, however disprop...

My Lords, it is with great pleasure that I join with others in welcoming my noble friend Lady Hay...

My Lords, I support almost everything in this Bill, although I do regret that Part 5 is in there....

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, on an outstanding maide...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness on her maiden speech and I look forward to many more ...

My Lords, I was elected to Parliament some 47 years ago and have witnessed nine Prime Ministers t...

My Lords, as president of the Steam Boat Association I know a bit about boilers. They are potenti...

My Lords, I too welcome my noble friend Lady Hayman and congratulate her on her maiden speech. I ...

My Lords, it has been a great privilege to listen to the speeches of noble Lords today, especiall...

My Lords, I want to concentrate on Part 5 and the amendment in the name of the noble and learned ...

My Lords, I welcome my noble friend’s maiden speech and look forward to hearing others. In its su...

My Lords, I warmly agree with the words of the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. I congratulate the noble ...

My Lords, I join in congratulating and welcoming the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. I am sure that ...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, on her maiden speech, which I...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, on an excellent maiden speech and I loo...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, and to...

My Lords, having spent six days in Committee on the Trade Bill debating how we make treaties, and...

My Lords, I join others in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, on her excel...

My Lords, I declare my interests as independent reviewer of the UK Government’s union capability ...

My Lords, I was delighted to listen to my noble friend Lady Hayman, who will add high-quality, yo...

My Lords, when we, as one nation, fully transition out of the EU, we must face the new reality an...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Browne. I have heard it suggested that ...

My Lords, I add my warm welcome and congratulations to my noble friend Lady Hayman of Ullock. Des...

I remind the noble Lord of the advisory speaking time. We cannot go beyond midnight, and if every...

In this House we must do all we can to limit the damage that the Bill causes, starting by support...

My Lords, since I am speaking from Hayman House, my home in Gresford, it would be churlish of me ...

My Lords, it is a privilege to speak in this debate, but I notice that only a handful of noble Lo...

My Lords, I would not dream of questioning the judgment of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge...

My Lords, as the Attorney-General, I had a duty to advise Ministers of their legal obligations. T...

My Lords, I begin by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, on her excellent m...

Like other noble Lords, I wish to focus today not on the broader provisions of this Bill but on P...

My Lords, it is with great pleasure that I stand to give my first contribution in your Lordships’...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend Lord Sarfraz and congratulate him on his excel...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Hayman of Ullock and the noble Lord, Lord Sarfraz, ...

My Lords, my first duty is to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sarfraz, and the noble Baroness, ...

My Lords, I too welcome the noble Lord, Lord Sarfraz, whom I have had the pleasure of meeting alr...

My Lords, I join in the congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, and my nobl...

Let me join with others in welcoming new Members to this House. I hope that they will have as hap...

We cannot hear you. Can somebody please try to change the sound for you, and we will come back to...

In view of the difficulties experienced by the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy, we will move on to t...

There is so much wrong with this Bill that it is hard to know where to start—apart from, of cours...

My Lords, I believe we can now hear from the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of The Shaws.

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I am very sorry if people could not hear me. I hope noble Lords can hear me now.

I start by...

My Lords, my perspectives are shaped by my Northern Ireland roots and the implications that I dra...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, and the noble Lord, Lord Sarfraz, on th...

My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow such an impressive speech by the noble Lord, Lord Barwe...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Sarfraz, a dynamic entrepreneur, on a very fine mai...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe. I too welcome my nob...

My Lords, it is always good to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hendy. I start by welcoming and congra...

My Lords, I begin by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, and the noble Lord, Lord Sar...

My Lords, among the historic speeches today, including superb maiden speeches, I venture to addre...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Gardner of Parkes, has withdrawn from the debate, so I call th...

My Lords, I welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, and the noble Lord, Lord Sarfraz, ...

My Lords, I add my congratulations and welcome to the maiden speakers, whom I look forward to get...

My Lords, there is much in the Internal Market Bill that I am happy to support, but I have two re...

My Lords, I begin by adding my congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, and the noble ...

My Lords, while listening to the many powerful speeches condemning part 5 of this Bill, I have wo...

My Lords, I too would like to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, and my nobl...

My Lords, this has been a fascinating debate, with many important issues raised with skill and el...

My Lords, as a proud advocate for our great union of nations, I will never shy from expounding th...

My Lords, I am delighted to have the opportunity to participate in this debate. I warmly congratu...

My Lords, I, too, welcome our maiden speakers.

Like many noble Lords, I find that the concl...

I remind everybody that there is a four-minute advisory time. We are getting quite late and there...

My Lords, shortly after the Singing Revolution restored democracy to Estonia, its legal professio...

My Lords, it is a little daunting to follow the learned speech of the noble Lord, Lord Anderson o...

I am pleased to join others in welcoming the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, whom I have k...

My Lords, the Bill is littered with Henry VIII powers, the Government’s justification being that ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady D’Souza, as I concur with a lot of ...

I join other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, and my nobl...

My Lords, the Bill will represent a further stage in the eventual break-up of the United Kingdom ...

My Lords, I will leave detailed discussion of Part 5 to colleagues, but I will just say that I fi...

My Lords, it is an immense pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, who made some very power...

The noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, have both wi...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Bourne, with whose words I agree entire...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Hayman of Ullock and the noble Lord, Lord Sarfraz, ...

I should say that it is a pleasure to take part in a debate with so many distinguished speakers, ...

My Lords, some of the language of the Bill brings back distant memories from over 35 years ago. P...

My Lords, of course the Government’s Bill has my support. It is sheer common sense. If the EU con...

My Lords, like many of the previous speakers I am genuinely concerned about what is being propose...

My Lords, imagine this: a foreign power—a trading bloc—is desperate to make an example of a forme...

My Lords, I will not speak to the legal aspects of the Bill, as I am not a lawyer, and that topic...

My Lord, I remind you of the time, please.

I will stop.

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My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Desai, because I want to talk about the...

My Lords, I will keep my remarks brief and try to avoid duplication—difficult at this time of nig...

My Lords, like many Members I was horrified when I saw this Bill. I was, for many years, on an EU...

My Lords, the justification for this Bill is to support and advance trade, and, as pointed out, t...

Will the noble Lord wind up, please?

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Goudie, has withdrawn from the debate, so I now call the noble...

My Lords, it appears that Brexit will not only have queues of trucks on roads leading to the Chan...

The noble Lord, Lord Woolley of Woodford, has withdrawn from the debate, so I now call the noble ...

My Lords, I am no lawyer, but after 46 years in Parliament, and five as Deputy Speaker, frankly m...

My Lords, we have heard two interesting maiden speeches today. I warmly welcome my Cumbrian neigh...

My Lords, there is a definite need to give Northern Ireland goods unfettered access to the UK int...

The noble Lord, Lord James of Blackheath, has withdrawn, so I now call the noble Lord, Lord Bilim...

My Lords, the UK internal market operates across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, a...