Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Noakes on this issue, and I am delighte...

I have added my name to my noble friend Lady Noakes’s Amendment 51A, and I would like to follow o...

My Lords, I support Amendment 51A, to which I have added my name. There is perhaps little to add ...

My Lords, I support this amendment, whose intention is well thought through, whatever the lawyers...

My Lords, I do not have an objection in principle to this amendment. Indeed, it sets out a requir...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Noakes for tabling what seems to be an eminently sensible ...

My Lords, in principle I do not have an objection to the amendment that has been tabled by my nob...

My Lords, may I just support what my noble friend has said? The task contemplated by Amendment 51...

My Lords, the amendment makes no reference to the devolved Administrations, and they have a consi...

My Lords, first I would like to associate myself with those last two comments and those of the no...

My Lords, I was surprised when I saw this amendment. I have now spent 13 years in opposition in t...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, for what must be the most cynical speech I ha...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, particularly my noble friends w...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

52: Clause 20, page 22, line 9, leave out “Minister of the Cro...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

54: Clause 21, page 22, line 14, leave out “the preceding prov...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

57: Clause 23, page 24, line 12, leave out from “regulations” ...

Moved by

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

62: Clause 24, page 24, line 27, at b...

My Lords, government Amendments 62 and 63 to Clause 24 provide a clarification, setting out that ...

Moved by

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

63: Clause 24, page 24, line 27, at e...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

64: Before Schedule 1, insert the following new Schedule—

My Lords, Amendment 64 introduces a new schedule to the Bill that will serve as the revocation sc...

Moved by

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

64ZA: Leave out lines 145 and 146...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to this group of amendments, and I rise to sp...

My Lords, I echo my noble friend Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville’s thanks to the Minister ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction and the noble Baronesses for introducing thei...

My Lords, I am grateful for the kind words from the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton. I was not going...

My Lords, the amendments moved by the noble Baronesses leave me feeling very uneasy—not because I...

My Lords, with two grandchildren who are gluten-free, I strongly support and share the concerns o...

My Lords, I had not intended to intervene at all—it has been a fascinating debate, and excellent ...

My Lords, I too was in the European Parliament many years ago. With the greatest respect to the n...

Over the past few weeks we have heard again and again this sort of criticism of the Civil Service...

My Lords—

No, I will not let the noble Baroness intervene. She spoke at length.

I spoke yesterday eve...

My Lords, I will not get into the debate with the noble Baroness, Lady Foster. The fate of the Bi...

My Lords, as a former head of the Civil Service, I feel bound to say that the criticisms of the C...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Foster and I do not totally agree with the noble Lord, L...

I commend to those on the other side who share the view of the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton, an arti...

My Lords, the other day when we were debating the Bill, a number of people stood up, largely on t...

Shut up.

“Shut up”?—well done. I am just saying: let us get on with the Bill seriously rather than keeping...

Perhaps I can remind the House that we have been incredibly patient but noble Lords should stick ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 64 and the other amendments in this group. I am grateful to ...

My Lords, I dare say that the Conservative Party could use the experience the noble Baroness, Lad...

My Lords, the final debate on this Bill has highlighted just what a shambolic process this has be...

My Lords, I thank the House for yet another fascinating debate, only a small part of which had an...

I am grateful for the Minister’s response. I forwarded to him and his officials the response that...

I will pass the noble Baroness’s comments on to Defra, which will write to her again, but she has...

I wonder whether I can help the Minister. I support what he said today, and I congratulate him on...

Third Reading!

We are on Report. We do not need to wait until the next stage; I can tell the noble Lord now that...

I think the Minister should check that.

I can absolutely assure him: she would have been delighted to go down a salt mine. I will not nam...

Before the noble Lord sits down, I remind him that I asked a number of questions about areas othe...

I will certainly look again at the noble Baroness’s questions.

I thank the Minister for his response and the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, for her supp...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

65: Schedule 4, page 45, line 6, leave out “any of sections 1 ...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

70: Schedule 4, page 47, line 8, at end insert—

“(e) reg...

Moved by

Lord Hope of Craighead

76: Schedule 4, page 49, line 10, at end insert—

This amendment is about parliamentary scrutiny; it was very fully debated last Monday. If it is n...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

77: Schedule 4, page 53, line 25, at end insert—

“Transi...