Brexit: Triggering Article 50

Debate between Lord Taylor of Holbeach and Lord Davies of Stamford

Wednesday 29th March 2017 Lords Chamber

[Lord Davies of Stamford]

My Lords—

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

My Lords, I am sorry but I think we ought to hear from Plaid Cymru.

European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

Debate between Lord Taylor of Holbeach and Lord Davies of Stamford

Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
Wednesday 1st March 2017 Lords Chamber

[Lord Davies of Stamford (Lab)]

My Lords, I shall be very brief—

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

My Lords, it is the Conservative Party’s turn. The noble Lord, Lord Blencathra.

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[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

I think the mood of the House is to carry on and to hear from the Front Bench.

[Lord Davies of Stamford]

My Lords—

[Noble Lords]

Order!

Brexit: Article 50

Debate between Lord Taylor of Holbeach and Lord Davies of Stamford

Monday 7th November 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Davies of Stamford (Lab)]

My Lords—

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

We really should try to go round the House. It is the Labour Party’s turn.

Syria: Refugees and Counterterrorism

Debate between Lord Taylor of Holbeach and Lord Davies of Stamford

Monday 7th September 2015 Lords Chamber

[Lord Davies of Stamford (Lab)]

My Lords—

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Con)]

My Lords, can we please have order? I am afraid that the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy, arrived in the Chamber not only after the Statement had been read but also after the contribution had been made from her own Front Bench. In the circumstances she ought to follow the Companion and not speak. It is the Labour Party’s turn and the noble Lord, Lord Davies, is on his feet.

[Lord Davies of Stamford]

My Lords, on the basis of the admittedly limited evidence that we have, the Government were absolutely right to take a decision to eliminate those three terrorists. I think that in similar circumstances they will have the support of almost the whole country in taking action when it is necessary and clearly called for in instances of that kind.

Is it not the case that we badly need a debate on refugees, not just a Statement, not least because of the longer-term consequences and almost certainly a great increase in the number of refugees and immigration applicants from all sorts of places as a result of the drama of the last few weeks? Is it not however, sadly, really rather nauseating for the Prime Minister to congratulate himself on a policy of “extraordinary compassion”—that is the phrase used in the Statement this afternoon—when, in fact, we are taking none at all of the refugees from Syria who are currently on the move? We are taking only up to 20,000 over five years. Have not the Germans, who have undertaken to take 800,000 almost immediately, thoroughly put us to shame on that? Is there not also the rather unpleasant sense that on this very important issue, as in so many others, the Government’s policies seem driven by a PR agenda? Ten days ago when immigrants or refugees were bad news generally in many people’s minds in the Government, the Government were not prepared to take a single new Syrian refugee. Then the media published pictures of dead children on the beach—

Tunisia and European Council

Debate between Lord Taylor of Holbeach and Lord Davies of Stamford

Monday 29th June 2015 Lords Chamber

[Lord Davies of Stamford (Lab)]

My Lords—

[The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Taylor of Holbeach) (Con)]

My Lords, in order to satisfy the interest in this subject I propose that we extend the time for questions on the Statement for another 10 minutes.