All 1 Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall contributions to the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill 2022-23

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Mon 31st Oct 2022

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Excerpts
Lord Howell of Guildford Portrait Lord Howell of Guildford (Con)
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My Lords, before we proceed with this Committee, can we be assured that there is not a plan to alter radically or even withdraw the Bill? Your Lordships will remember that with the Energy Security Bill we all put in weeks of work, as did the Government and everybody else, only for the whole Bill to be scrapped. It would be nice now to know whether we are going ahead with a Bill that will be pursued and not altered or scrapped as well.

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Portrait The Deputy Speaker (Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall) (Lab)
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My Lords, I believe it would be for the convenience of the House if I were to put the Question to the House and perhaps allow the matters which have been raised by the noble Lord and potentially by others to be discussed when there is a question before the House. The Question is that the House do now again resolve itself into a Committee upon the Bill.

Lord Cormack Portrait Lord Cormack (Con)
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I understand my noble friend’s desire for clarity and certainty, but the Government would be performing an enormous public service if they withdrew the Bill today.