"That is most kind, but we must not be diverted from the business in hand. Is it your Lordships’ pleasure that this amendment be withdrawn?..." Baroness Fookes - View Speech
"The noble Baroness will need to because it is an amendment, and therefore at the end one has to ask for it to be either considered or, by leave, withdrawn...." Baroness Fookes - View Speech
"My Lords, given the lateness of the hour and the fact that this amendment, in my name and that of other noble Lords, is rather unfortunately numbered 13—it does not bode well for this amendment, I fear—I will be as brief as I can.
"My lords, I would not be seeking to invoke other bodies—one of them foreign—if the fears I expressed much earlier in the Bill’s progress had been taken more seriously by the Government. I got the impression that anything one said was always brushed away, and therefore concluded that I must …..." Baroness Fookes - View Speech
"My Lords, I have not so far taken part in this debate, although I did in Committee. I simply want to say that I strongly support the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, but I want to get down to the nitty-gritty. Perhaps the Minister can help by …..." Baroness Fookes - View Speech
"My Lords, that concludes Oral Questions for today. This may be a convenient moment for noble Lords who wish to do so to leave the Chamber—not while I am on my feet, if I may remind the House. This is not the occasion for leisurely conversations on the way out …..." Baroness Fookes - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest in that I have close connections with various animal charities, in particular as a vice-president of the RSPCA nationally and as president of one of its branches.
I too want to speak to Amendment 124, eloquently introduced by the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull. I …..." Baroness Fookes - View Speech
"I was going to give your Lordships the opportunity to rise and leave or enter the Chamber, but not while I am on my feet...." Baroness Fookes - View Speech