"My Lords, does the Minister agree that trust is an essential element in the process of dealing with the past in Northern Ireland, and does she recognise that the current lack of legal certainty regarding the repeal of the legacy Act is adding to a lack of trust? Will she …..." Baroness Suttie - View Speech
"My Lords, from these Benches we utterly condemn these remarks. Incitement to violence against our democratically elected MPs is never acceptable. We should not underestimate the pain caused by these remarks to the families of Sir David Amess and Jo Cox, as well as to the families of Airey Neave …..." Baroness Suttie - View Speech
"My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lady Walmsley on both her extremely powerful speech and her excellent chairing of the committee. It was a genuine pleasure to serve on that committee and to learn a lot. Anybody who knows my noble friend will know that she is both …..." Baroness Suttie - View Speech
"My Lords, this has been a useful if very short debate, and many of the issues raised in Committee have been repeated.
Most of these amendments would greatly increase the number of premises and events exempt from the provisions of the Bill. In particular, I want to speak against Amendments …..." Baroness Suttie - View Speech
"My Lords, in moving Amendment 16, I will also speak to Amendments 17 and 24A, in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Hamwee.
Amendments 16 and 17 are, as we debated in Committee, about the importance of training and guidance and ensuring the quality of that training. …..." Baroness Suttie - View Speech
"I thank the Minister for accepting Amendment 24A on consultation, as well as for putting on the record his clarifications and reassurances on training. We have all come a long way on these matters since we started debating the Bill in your Lordships’ House. I think we all agree that …..." Baroness Suttie - View Speech
"My Lords, I rise briefly to agree with the noble Lord, Lord Harris. We on these Benches agree that this is an extremely important matter. Perhaps this is not the appropriate piece of legislation to put it in but, as we said in Committee, it is an extremely important measure …..." Baroness Suttie - View Speech
"My Lords, given the lateness of the hour, I shall endeavour to be extremely brief and will concentrate primarily on the parliamentary process. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, for tabling this regret Motion and allowing us to have this thought-provoking and wide-ranging debate, which has perhaps been more …..." Baroness Suttie - View Speech