Trade Bill

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will speak also to Motion A1. I will start by addressing...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

My Motion A1 would insert Amendment 1D in lieu—it is on page 4 of the Marshalled List—which would...

The noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, has indicated that she wishes to speak in the gap ...

I had not realised that there would be so few speakers in this debate; I would have written a muc...

Does anyone else in the Chamber wish to speak? No? We will move on to the listed speakers. I call...

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for moving this amendment and allowing us t...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his comments and the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for moving his ...

My Lords, I first unreservedly apologise if noble Lords thought that I was, in any way, disparagi...

I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister and to other colleagues who have spoken in this sho...

Moved by

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel

My Lords, in moving Motion B I shall with the leave of the House speak also to Motions B1 and B2....

Moved by

Lord Alton of Liverpool

My Lords, in declaring my non-financial interests as listed in the register, and turning to Motio...

My Lords, I make it plain at the outset that I shall give strong support to the noble Lord, Lord ...

My Lords, the following Members in the Chamber have indicated that they wish to speak and I will ...

My Lords, I rise for yet another time to support my noble friend’s amendment on genocide.

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I rise once again to support my noble friend Lord Alton. It is always a great pleasure to follow ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Polak. Like him, I feel honoured to spe...

My Lords, of course it is rare for this House to resist the opinion of the other place, and to do...

My Lords, my noble friend has just made an enormously powerful speech, and two points in particul...

I am not sure I have ever said this before, and I do not know if I will say it again, but it is a...

My Lords, it is a difficult day for me to stand up and speak from the perspective I will speak fr...

My Lords, at this point I must ask if there is anyone else present in the Chamber who wishes to c...

My Lords, characteristically, this has been another powerful debate with, inevitably, a degree of...

My Lords, one thing that is clear in this debate is that this House is united in its absolute opp...

My Lords, we have again heard powerful, reasoned and deeply personal speeches and I deeply sympat...

My Lords, the Companion is clear that I should be brief, no longer than three minutes, and I prom...

Moved by

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will also speak to Motions C1, C2 and C3. I will start b...

Moved by

Lord Grantchester

I thank the Minister for his introduction and explanation of the Government’s amendment in lieu o...

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

My Lords, in moving Motion C2 I will speak also to my Motion C3. I first take the opportunity to ...

The following Member in the Chamber has indicated a wish to speak: the noble Baroness, Lady Jones...

I hesitate to disagree with my friend on the Tory Benches, but the word “wizards” was not the one...

My Lords, unlike the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, I pride myself on my boring consistency on some ...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to make my closing speech on this motion with such a spirit of c...

First, I record my endless gratitude to the Minister for his consummate charm and patience, at ev...

I am grateful to all who spoke to this amendment and sincerely thank the Minister for his approac...