Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill

My Lords, I always seek to be brief, but one always aspires to be better briefed in your Lordship...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his contribution and his endurance in getting through it—I hav...

My Lords, I too offer my sympathies to the Minister for having to take forward this Bill under th...

I am most grateful. What was the massive advantage in 2017?

My Lords, the massive advantage was perceived in the mind of the Prime Minister. The massive disa...

My Lords, I support the Bill. While it appears that no one really wants to keep the Fixed-term Pa...

My Lords, the House might allow me to mention that, in June 2014, a Labour Back-Bencher introduce...

My Lords, that must have been a very satisfying speech for the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, to make—...

My Lords, it is no surprise that the noble Lord supports the Bill even though he had to offer an ...

My Lords, I regret that I am going to share the self-satisfaction of the noble Lord, Lord Grocott...

My Lords, it is an honour to make my maiden speech in your Lordships’ House. I will not dwell on ...

My Lords, some speeches come more easily than others and following my noble friend Lord Leicester...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Earl, Lord Leicester, on his excellent speech and welcome him ...

My Lords, the Bill gives more power to Boris Johnson and less to Parliament. It is therefore in m...

My Lords, I will concentrate my remarks on Clause 3, the so-called ouster provisions. The clause ...

My Lords, as we have heard, the Bill is designed to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act and put...

My Lords, I very much subscribe to the last observation of my noble friend Lord Norton. The detai...

My Lords, my theme will essentially follow the closing remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Butler. I ...

My Lords, what a pleasure it is to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, with all his passion, and ...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord McLoughlin, on his chairing of the Joint Committee ...

My Lords, it was a real pleasure for me to listen to the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, reversing the ...

My Lords, I am late in the speaking order today, and I have therefore decided that I shall fillet...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Leicester on his excellent maiden speech and what h...

My Lords, I am very glad to follow my noble friend and like him, of necessity, I come to bury the...

My Lords, in my time in your Lordships’ House, two periods stand out as painful memories, and bot...

My Lords, I always enjoy following my noble friend Lady Noakes. I frequently disagree with her, a...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, I have noted the mood of the House that we have genu...

My Lords, the government Bill before us today restores the democratic nature of how our parliamen...

My Lords, I very much welcome the Bill. I was never a fan of the Fixed- term Parliaments Act and,...

My Lords, as the final Back-Bench speaker, I cannot help wondering whether I have been so placed ...

My Lords, I take issue with the repetition of the phrase “tried and tested” by the Minister and o...

My Lords, indeed we should never take democracy for granted—although I have noticed over the year...