European Union (Future Relationship) Bill

My Lords, we are sitting at an unusual time, are we not—although not on 25 December, which would ...

My Lords, some four and a half years after the referendum result, we can now see in the treaty th...

We can—indeed, as it is the only opportunity we shall have, we must—discuss whether the future re...

My Lords, it is a privilege to speak in this historic debate today. It is also a relief to be her...

My Lords, I speak as chair of the Constitution Committee and I say at the outset that this Bill e...

My Lords, I was wondering last night what a cynical Government would do if they knew they could g...

My Lords, the agreement with the EU covers such a wide variety of matters, and the time for scrut...

My Lords, I will make four very brief points in this historic debate.

First, the Government...

My Lords, for half a century I have campaigned for a united Europe. Today’s Bill finalises Britai...

My Lords, Martin Wolf writing in the FT last week accurately described the EU and the UK as “equa...

My Lords, on the penultimate day of my membership of this House, my intervention this afternoon s...

My Lords, I start by complimenting my noble friend Lord Cavendish of Furness on his valedictory s...

My Lords, I have never made a secret of my regret that the 2016 referendum went the way it did. I...

My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Butler of Brockwell, and agree with much of wh...

My Lords, one could view the Bill as the final step in the long process, over four years, of retr...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Lang, although not his line. Instead, I ret...

My Lords, there is a whole series of security issues that makes the UK less safe as a result of t...

My Lords, I congratulate my right honourable friend the Prime Minister, and the whole negotiating...

My Lords, I do not believe that this thin agreement—as the noble Lord, Lord Maude, called it—with...

My Lords, I very much enjoyed the valedictory speech of the noble Lord, Lord Cavendish of Furness...

My Lords, having spent many years in your Lordships’ House on the Opposition Front Bench with res...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Hayter’s Amendment. I chair the EU Services Sub-Committe...

It is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Donaghy. I will focus on three business conse...

My Lords, this is indeed a historic day and a historic debate. Over a year ago, on 23 October, I ...

My Lords, of course I feel some relief—as anyone would—that we did not fall off the cliff edge of...

My Lords, I have listened with great interest to the debate so far. I am sorry to hear so many oc...

My Lords, critics complain that Brexit and the trade and co-operation agreement will somewhat red...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, that Britain’s democracy presently has many ...

Many noble Lords have expressed reservations about this Bill. Like me, many noble Lords will vote...

My Lords, I, too, felt an enormous sense of relief on Christmas Eve when this agreement came thro...

My Lords, I shall start by saying how sad I am to hear of the retirement of the noble Lord, Lord ...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to take part in this historic debate, but I am disapp...

My Lords, it is an honour to speak on this historic occasion. I add my congratulations to those a...

My Lords, these agreements fairly reflect the political priorities of their parties. These includ...

My Lords, I congratulate both negotiating teams on concluding the agreement before us today in th...

I am sure it is much better to say exactly what we think about public affairs and this is certain...

My Lords, we are directed to debate this 85-page Bill, which hands extraordinary executive powers...

My Lords, four and a half years after the referendum we have a deal—hallelujah. It is with our bi...

My Lords, it is a great honour to speak here for the first time. I want to thank the officers of ...

It gives me great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Austin, and to congratulate him on his ...

My Lords, the proposals before us are not the end of the road as far as our relationship with our...

I want to pick up a theme from my noble friend Lord Newby’s speech: British global influence. The...

My Lords, in supporting this Bill, I start by adding to the shower of congratulations that the Pr...

My Lords, I congratulate the Government on this agreement; it is roughly as good as we could have...

My Lords, I want to put on record my huge relief that we have reached a deal and thank all our ne...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann—particularly as I find myse...

My Lords, the draconian limitation of our scrutiny of this Bill—with no Committee stage, no Repor...

My Lords, the deal has been struck, and I would like to concentrate on the necessity for a digita...

My Lords, this is a grand and historic day for democracy because, after four years of unprecedent...

My Lords, I admit to feeling conflicted. As a pro-European and former MEP—I declare my interests ...

My Lords, Brexit, like devolution, is a process, not an event, and such a process often evolves i...

I congratulate and thank the Prime Minister and the Brexit negotiating team on achieving a good d...

My Lords, what a tragedy. Dogmatism which confuses sovereignty with power and influence has trium...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Austin, on his powerful maiden speech and thank him...

My Lords, we have a trade deal with the EU and, as someone who voted to remain, I celebrate it an...

My Lords, I refer to my registered interest as the Cabinet Office lead NED.

Today’s Bill co...

My Lords, the parliamentary proceedings in which we are participating are a travesty. How else ca...

My Lords, today is an extraordinary day that few of us were certain we would ever see: Britain, h...

My Lords, I congratulate my friend the noble Lord, Lord Austin of Dudley, on a brilliant maiden s...

The Prime Minister is fond of claiming world firsts, and he has one here: we will be the first na...

I rise to ask the Minister how this excellent new relationship will help Gibraltar. What form wil...

As there is now no alternative to this deal, except no deal, there is one brief point I wish to m...

My Lords, like other speakers I welcome the fact that there is a deal, albeit that we do not have...

I welcome and support this historic Bill. Following the agreement, we will truly be an independen...

My Lords, I strongly agree with my noble friend’s amendment. In practice, under the CRaG Act, we ...

My Lords, it is no surprise to me that we are sitting today, at the last gasp of 2020, to conside...

My Lords, I share the dilemma expressed so often today, faced with an agreement that is far from ...

My Lords, when we last held a referendum on Europe in 1975, like many businessmen I strongly supp...

The noble Lord is over the time limit.

7.23 pm

I have three minutes to describe a great national disaster—a tragedy—and to issue a plea to noble...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to contribute, albeit for three minutes, to this debate. I agree...

My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to follow on from the speech of my noble friend Lord Austin,...

My Lords, today we are debating a Bill to implement the Brexit agreements with the EU. I want to ...

My Lords, I declare my relevant interests, as detailed in the register. Like other noble Lords, m...

My Lords, I add my congratulations to the Government and their negotiating team under the leaders...

My Lords, I support the regret amendment, but with the greatest reluctance will vote for the Bill...

My Lords, when Chamberlain came back from Berchtesgaden with a piece of paper proclaiming “peace ...

My Lords, we now step out into a future whose course will be set largely by ourselves. This is as...

My Lords, I fear that today’s debate is something of a sham. We have just an afternoon and evenin...

My Lords, there are some of us who have spent a political lifetime opposed to the UK’s membership...

My Lords, I rise to welcome this Bill, and to congratulate my noble friend Lord Cavendish on his ...

My Lords, I share the sadness of many in this debate as we reach the end of the road for our EU m...

My Lords, the Prime Minister and his colleagues have a nasty habit of telling us to sing “Land of...

My Lords, I shall be voting in favour of this Bill. This is not because it is a great outcome—far...

My Lords, it is a great privilege to be able to speak in this debate, which, for me, will be most...

My Lords, it is with considerable sadness that I shall vote to support this Bill; the alternative...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Judd.

The two health-relate...

My Lords, I welcome the Prime Minister’s valiant efforts to secure a trade deal with our friends ...

My Lords, this is not just a historic day, it is actually quite an emotional day for many of us w...

I call the next speaker, the noble Viscount, Lord Ridley. Oh, we cannot hear him. I will call the...

My Lords, I speak as a Brit but also as a European. I will always be a proud European, though sad...

My Lords, I find it quite astonishing that a Conservative Government should introduce a Bill such...

My Lords, I hope you can hear me this time. It was my fault last time, and I apologise. I was goi...

My Lords, as many others have said, taking the UK out of the Erasmus programme is a short-sighted...

My Lords, I join many noble friends in paying tribute to my good and noble friend Lord Cavendish ...

My Lords, many still argue the UK is not in step with the world order of regionalism and question...

My Lords, I welcome the support for this Bill and the agreement underlying it, as anyone with com...

My Lords, the Brexit agreement is accompanied by 15 declarations, none of which are about human r...

In today’s debate, we have heard a lot about sovereignty. The Government have prioritised soverei...

My Lords, I start by adding my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Cavendish of Furness on hi...

My Lords, I agree that this deal is preferable to no deal and I will support it, but with some, I...

My Lords, we are near the end of another long day in an interminable process. After 1,336 days of...

I remind all noble Lords of the time limit of three minutes.

9.20 pm

My Lords, what a historic day to speak on a Bill that makes the Prime Minister’s amazing achievem...

My Lords, this is a bad deal, a bad Bill and a bad way of dealing with Parliament. The deal and t...

My Lords, I begin by paying tribute to my noble friend Lord Cavendish of Furness, not only for hi...

I am delighted that this agreement is before us and I will vote in support of it. Like many other...

My Lords, the excellent speech made by my noble friend Lord Cavendish of Furness emphasises how t...

My Lords, I will vote to pass this appalling Bill only because the alternative of no deal is even...

My Lords, I respect those who have devoted their lives to integrating Britain into the European p...

My Lords, this is a wretched arrangement for so many. I say “arrangement” rather than “deal” sinc...

My Lords, we are nearly there. Just one more sleep until we finally take back control of everythi...

My Lords, as an avowed remainer, I hoped I would never be faced with this evening’s decision, but...

I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lord Cavendish on his excellent valedictory speech. I would ...

My Lords, I shall speak in favour of the Bill and I congratulate the Government on producing a ve...

My Lords, I associate myself with the immense chorus of colleagues who have paid tribute to my no...

Since the noble Lords, Lord Whitty and Lord Krebs, have withdrawn, I call the noble Lord, Lord La...

My Lords, by this time everything that could be said has been said, but not by everybody, so perh...

My Lords, we bid adieu to the noble Lord, Lord Cavendish of Furness, as we welcome the noble Lord...

My Lords, I thank the staff of the House of Lords for making this important debate possible. I th...

My Lords, when you have been sitting for seven hours in the same place, you begin to learn how ol...

Hear, hear!

The noble Lord, Lord Adonis, is ready to lead the charge. He has always been honest on that. I do...

I regret the tone of much of that response, which I think does not become the Minister and does n...

My Lords, I have it in command from Her Majesty the Queen to acquaint the House that Her Majesty,...

Moved by

Lord True

My Lords, many words have been said. It is agreed on all sides, I think, that this should not be ...

Moved by

Lord Newby

My Lords, as I indicated at Second Reading and in the light of the arguments I advanced then, I b...

The original Question was that this Bill do now pass since when an amendment has been moved by th...

My Lords, I will vote for the Bill without hesitation because I do not see any realistic alternat...

My Lords, I shall greatly miss the noble Lord, Lord Cavendish of Furness; one could not ask for a...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Cavendish of Furness on his valedictory speech. I k...