"My Lords, I want to address a few key areas before we begin. First, we are starting today with the debate on an adjourned group. Only those noble Lords present earlier in the week at the start of the group should contribute. We have a list to help manage that. …..." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"As I said at the start of this session, when it comes to withdrawing an amendment, noble Lords need to be brief. We do not want them to rehash the whole debate. They have to be respectful to the Committee because we have other amendments to discuss...." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"The noble Baroness is absolutely right that this is a self-regulating House, but the other side of the coin is self-discipline...." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"Before we start to debate the first group, I remind the Committee of the rules on declaring interests. Noble Lords should declare any relevant financial interest the first time they speak at each stage of a Bill. This means that, in Committee, a relevant financial interest should be declared during …..." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"My Lords, we have come to the end of the time available for Grand Committee today. Although it is unusual, I beg to move that the debate on this amendment be adjourned. We will return to this debate on the next day in Committee. Only those noble Lords present at …..." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"My Lords, before we continue the debate, we have started group 6 and we have one more complete group to do. We are going to finish at 8.45 pm and I would hate to think that we would finish mid-group, but I am in your Lordships’ hands as to whether …..." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"I mentioned at the beginning of this afternoon that when an amendment is being pressed, noble Lords have to be short. The withdrawal of amendments is starting to take longer and longer, which eats into the time for the other groups...." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech