European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Debate between Baroness Crawley and Lord Inglewood

Report: 1st sitting: House of Lords
Wednesday 18th April 2018 Lords Chamber

[Lord Inglewood (Con)]

My Lords, if I may, I want to make a brief comment that I should like to have made in Committee but the time was not appropriate. Like a number of your Lordships in the Chamber, I was a Member of the European Parliament for 10 years. Looking back on my experience, the most distressing aspect of the job was dealing with problems relating to family law. I make a plea to everybody concerned with this: the personal unhappiness and anguish that surrounds these circumstances is severe, and when dealing with this the Government should please remember that we are talking not about money but about people. They must find a way—I am sure they can—to resolve these horrible circumstances in the most humane way possible.

[Baroness Crawley (Lab)]

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Kennedy is simply asking that the Minister publish within six months of Royal Assent a report outlining how the rights currently enshrined in EU family law will continue to exist after exit day. That is a very modest ask.

Exiting the European Union

Debate between Baroness Crawley and Lord Inglewood

Monday 5th September 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Inglewood (Con)]

My Lords—

[Baroness Crawley]

My Lords—