"I accept that that may well be the case. I am simply referring to what was in Hansard in 2021. The noble Lord may have changed his mind, as we all do over our lifetime, and rightly so—if you have a completely solid view of everything throughout your life, it …..." Lord Empey - View Speech
"My Lords, to some extent this group of amendments goes to the core of a lot of the potential downsides of this Bill because, whether we like it or not, it is going to be a source of coercion.
"My Lords, in his opening remarks, the noble Lord, Lord Ricketts, pointed out that the European Affairs Committee is the only committee in Parliament looking in detail at these matters. Given the direction of travel, the concept of a reset and the manifesto commitments made, while of course it is …..." Lord Empey - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 89. I think that everybody in the Committee is more or less on the same page in what we are trying to achieve here. This amendment would add,
“or withdrawing medication, hydration, or life-sustaining devices”
"In reference to Amendment 60, if I picked the Minister up correctly, she said that establishing where an individual was in the world would put a burden on the medical people involved. Surely if they are in touch with them, they can at least ask them where they are...." Lord Empey - View Speech
"My Lords, this has been a very interesting debate. Many Members perhaps do not appreciate the extent of the potential, and the length of time over which that potential could remain open.
When I was Minister for Enterprise in Belfast and represented Belfast East as an elected Member, that area …..." Lord Empey - View Speech
"My Lords, I raised the point that the state could be liable in cases where the companies people worked for were nationalised or owned by the state. It seems not unreasonable that in due course the Minister could express a view on behalf of the Government, because the Government could …..." Lord Empey - View Speech
"We are forgetting that we can use the telephone in this circumstance. It is not even that you would have sight of the person, but you could have a pre-recorded telephone call...." Lord Empey - View Speech
"My Lords, I have put my name to some of these amendments. In the spirit of what the Chief Whip said, I will not repeat what the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, said, but I gently remind the Committee that this Private Member’s Bill is not normal, in so far as …..." Lord Empey - View Speech
"My Lords, I would be grateful if the noble Baroness, if she does not have the figures available right now, could send me a letter and put it in the Library as to how many diplomats from the People’s Republic of China are accredited to the United Kingdom and how …..." Lord Empey - View Speech