European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Baroness Goldie Excerpts

Monday 18th June 2018 Lords Chamber

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[Baroness Goldie]

That this House do not insist on its Amendment 43, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 43A.

43A: Because it inappropriately restricts the power in Clause 17(1).

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[Baroness Goldie]

That this House do not insist on its Amendment 45, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 45A.

45A: Because it inappropriately restricts the power in Clause 17(5).

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[Baroness Goldie]

That this House do not insist on its Amendment 52, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 52A.

52A: Because it is important to retain a power to allow for certain challenges to be brought in domestic law where they would otherwise be excluded by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1.

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[Baroness Goldie]

That this House do not insist on its Amendment 53 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 53A in lieu.

53A: Page 64, line 15, leave out “3 months” and insert “three years”

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[Baroness Goldie (Con)]

The noble Lord’s eloquence is very diverting, but will he please speak to the Motion under consideration?

[Lord Wallace of Saltaire]

I started by welcoming what the Leader of the House said about the sifting committee and defending the role of this House and ensuring that this House plays its role. That is welcome language. We have not heard enough of it from the Government. We should all be worried about the potential deterioration of this debate. I wish merely to underline that the debate has got nasty on both sides. One MP was killed two years ago. Let us recognise that the current violent language may take us that far.

In the way in which we approach our task over the next six months, we will do our bit on the detail. I very much hope that the Leader will assure us that the Government will, all the way through, respect the appropriate constitutional role of this and the other House in dealing with a matter which is not simply decided by the referendum, because there is so much detail in it, and the detail always matters.