"My Lords, I will make a couple of brief points on these amendments. They are a wee bit difficult to link up in some respects. I understand that most of them are about providing checks and balances within the system, or as the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, framed it, more …..." Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard - View Speech
"My Lords, briefly, I have a query about proposed new subsection (2) to be inserted by Amendment 426E. I am wondering who would make the judgment around whether legal action would be required if it were to
"My Lords, I am surprised at some Members holding up Scotland as a bastion of good practice. I understand that Scotland has had to reduce, or at least review, some aspects of its climate targets, so I am a wee bit surprised. But my main question is on China. Imports …..." Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard - View Speech
"I have a couple of brief points. I had thought of making my speech extremely long, because if we got to midnight and this SI had not been implemented, it might not get implemented, but I do not think that that is the case. My theory went out of the …..." Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard - View Speech
"My Lords, I will make a brief intervention in and around Amendments 68 and 167, which are both about early intervention. I know that situations are often different in Northern Ireland, where the local health trusts look after young people and young people’s services, whereas in England it is the …..." Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard - View Speech
"My Lords, last year, the Conservative Government brought a Northern Ireland legacy Bill to this House and this Parliament. I did not support it because of limited immunity, but at least they had the courage and the decency to bring it to this House for debate and voting instead of …..." Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government, following the declassification of files which stated that the Government “turned a blind eye” to serious crimes of the IRA in 2001, whether they will refer any murder cases to the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery...." Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank your Lordships for the opportunity to take part in this important debate. I declare an interest as a farmer in Northern Ireland.
I have been very interested in some of the discussion so far. I know and appreciate that the Minister has agriculture, farming and rural …..." Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard - View Speech
"My Lords, I hear the Minister say that there will be a reset of relationships between the UK and the EU but, if that happens, it may mean that those extra tariffs from the US will impact more on the United Kingdom as a whole. At some stage, the UK …..." Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak very briefly. A lot has been said here tonight but the one thing we are absolutely sure of in Northern Ireland is that the vast majority of victims of the Troubles will never see an end or a resolution to their issue. That is the …..." Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard - View Speech