"My Lords, I am moving this Motion on behalf of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, chair of the International Agreements Committee, who sadly is unavailable today.
The International Agreements Committee, of which I am a member, took great interest in the UK-Ukraine 100-year partnership agreement. We welcome the …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"That the Grand Committee takes note of the One Hundred Year Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ukraine.
Relevant document: 8th Report from the International Agreements Committee..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, this has been an important and valuable debate. I thank all noble Lords who have spoken and the Minister for his considered response. I will not try to summarise the debate, but I will make a few comments and points on it—perhaps abusing my position here. Noble Lords …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, it has been an unanticipated pleasure to have a debate with noble Lords today. Many of us following the British Steel saga expected to find ourselves debating the issues in your Lordships’ House at some point, but I do not think we expected to debate them today. I …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for those words. What this House seeks, rather than an update, is the opportunity to invoke these powers in a way that they appear to be intended. They have been called emergency powers, and the Minister has called them short-term powers. Will the Government, …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, I would just like to say a few words. I first thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for his kind words—which I had not expected—but, mostly, I thank the Government Front Bench, in particular the Chief Whip, for the constructive discussions that we have had, which enabled the …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"Even more briefly, I hope, I thank both Front Benches for facilitating an open and very clear debate, which proceeded in the right spirit. I associate myself with the Minister’s list of people to thank. I reiterate what I said at the beginning to the House authorities and everybody across …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 5, which is in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Brinton.
The whole House heard my contribution during the take-note debate, and I am grateful for the subsequent supportive comments that noble Lords made to me afterwards. Amendment 5 reflects …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, I am sure the Minister would join all your Lordships in expressing sympathy to the workers and communities not just in Scunthorpe but in Teesside who have had their steel industries whipped away from them. We have not heard much about the Government’s modern industrial strategy lately. We …..." Lord Fox - View Speech