"My Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, this Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes...." Lord Beith - View Speech
"My Lords, the process leading up to advising on Royal Assent is one in which the UK Government examines island legislation to see if it has unintended effects in the United Kingdom. Is that process being gone through and, if so, how, given that we do not know what the …..." Lord Beith - View Speech
"I will speak briefly to my amendment in this group because it is my duty shortly to chair the Committee. To broaden the debate that the noble Baroness, Lady Cass, introduced, I simply say that there is clearly a need to establish that this post can have confidence and a …..." Lord Beith - View Speech
"Has the Minister assessed the impact of the new timetable on east coast main line punctuality? There have been some very severe delays, which are mainly infrastructure-related and therefore the responsibility of Network Rail, a different nationalised company. It appears that the new timetable does not give space to deal …..." Lord Beith - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin, and the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, will be taking part remotely. I remind the Committee that unless they are leading a group, remote speakers speak first after the mover of the lead amendment in a group and may therefore speak to …..." Lord Beith - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister realise that, since the new timetable was introduced on the east coast main line, there has been no room to deal with delays such as those caused by broken rails, signal failures and points failures, none of which can be blamed on LNER as they …..." Lord Beith - View Speech