UK Citizenship: History

Debate between Lord Fowler and Baroness Ludford

Wednesday 14th April 2021 Lords Chamber

[The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)]

I do not think the noble Lord, Lord Morgan, is here, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford.

[Baroness Ludford (LD) [V]]

My Lords, the Minister talked about a review later this year. I assume that is the review that was announced in October 2018. Can he confirm that it will be a public consultation? In reviewing the test, will the Government look at a report by Thom Brooks, professor and dean at Durham Law School, who, originally being American, took the test himself? He said that people had to learn the height of the London Eye in feet and metres but not about the UK Supreme Court or how many MPs there are. Does the Minister agree that the review must be thorough and radical?

European Union: Future Relationship

Debate between Lord Fowler and Baroness Ludford

Tuesday 28th April 2020 Lords Chamber

[The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)]

Lord Hope of Craighead. No? I call the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, then.

[Baroness Ludford (LD)]

On what basis do the Government believe that they will have full access to EU security operations and databases such as Europol and the Schengen Information System, an ambition that has been labelled as “cherry picking on speed” by a spokesman for one of the parties in the coalition Government of Germany, which will have the EU presidency from July? Are the Government relying on a belief that the EU will compromise on its legal rules on data protection, human rights and the European Court of Human Rights or, in the words of Mr Gove yesterday, that they will set aside their principles?