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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 02 Mar 2023
Independent Public Advocate

"My Lords, that brings me to adopt the suggestion of the noble Lord, Lord Addington, that we really do need to know in statute what the trigger point should be. I ask that we now consider, when it is decided that we will have an IPA intervention, how that will …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 02 Mar 2023
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

"My Lords, I feel like Henry V before the siege of Harfleur. Looking around, I see:

“greyhounds in the slips,


Straining upon the start”.

Just like those poor chaps outside Harfleur, I suspect your Lordships all want it to be over quickly, and that is my intention.

This amendment …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 02 Mar 2023
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 02 Mar 2023
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

"I wonder if anybody else wants to make an intervention?

Well, tempers have got slightly frayed, have they not? But can I just feel inspired by the thought that it is either the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton of Epsom, or the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, who has had …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 02 Mar 2023
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

"Undoubtedly that is right, and that is why Amendment 32 specifically deals with that issue in paragraph (c). For the time being, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Feb 2023
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

"My Lords, this is a troublesome piece of legislation. It asks us all a very simple question: when does the right to withhold your labour—that is, to strike—cease to be a right? It answers that question too, and the answer is a bit depressing: the right ceases when, following a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 06 Feb 2023
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

"My Lords, I think I am the only Member of the House who received this letter by special messenger. Having received it, I think I had better read it to your Lordships. It is from the Executive and it is called “Restoring Parliamentary control”. This is how it reads, ignoring …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Jan 2023
Democracy Denied (DPRRC Report)

"My Lords, I welcome these reports, as I have welcomed reports produced by these two committees and the Constitution Committee before 2021-22. I particularly welcome the unequivocal language in which these reports are expressed; there is no way that anybody can misunderstand their meaning. I also welcome the support on …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Jan 2023
National Security Bill

"My Lords, I apologise for not being present at Second Reading; I was doing other business in the House. I feel particularly humbled, because if my noble friend Lord Carlile thinks that he was the junior to my noble friend Lord Anderson and therefore was short, I have reverted to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 09 Jan 2023
House of Lords: Party Balance

"Is it a very good idea in 2023 for the royal prerogative, which goes back hundreds of years, to be vested in the hands of the person holding the office of Prime Minister?..."
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