I add my thanks to those of the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for the Minister’s reply, which was extremely helpful. We look forward to a positive outcome from the Minister’s consultations with the stakeholders in this matter tomorrow and to our further consideration of these issues on Report. The paper...

I add my thanks to those of the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for the Minister’s reply, which was extremely helpful. We look forward to a positive outcome from the Minister’s consultations with the stakeholders in this matter tomorrow and to our further consideration of these issues on Report. The paper...

Amendment A343 A343: Clause 292, page 180, leave out lines 34 to 45

Amendment A343 A343: Clause 292, page 180, leave out lines 34 to 45

I shall also speak to Amendments A350 and A354 in my name and the names of the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, and my noble friend Lord Taylor. This group of amendments is about the right of appeal, or the non-right of appeal. The House of Commons Select Committee on the...

I shall also speak to Amendments A350 and A354 in my name and the names of the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, and my noble friend Lord Taylor. This group of amendments is about the right of appeal, or the non-right of appeal. The House of Commons Select Committee on the...

Amendment 55 55: Clause 75, page 39, line 21, leave out ““or desirable””

Amendment 55 55: Clause 75, page 39, line 21, leave out ““or desirable””

My Lords, other noble Lords, including the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, are members of the committee and have a great interest in the matter. On the basis that we will have a further opportunity at Third Reading to revisit it in substance, I am content to beg leave...

My Lords, other noble Lords, including the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, are members of the committee and have a great interest in the matter. On the basis that we will have a further opportunity at Third Reading to revisit it in substance, I am content to beg leave...

My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for his reply on this group. Like the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris, I thought that the Minister’s explanation for the use—for the first time in British legislation, I think—of the word ““desirable”” rather than ““necessary”” was unconvincing. No doubt...

My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for his reply on this group. Like the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris, I thought that the Minister’s explanation for the use—for the first time in British legislation, I think—of the word ““desirable”” rather than ““necessary”” was unconvincing. No doubt...

My Lords, Amendment 55 stands in my name and the names of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Aberavon, and my noble and learned friend Lord Lyell of Markyate. Your Lordships’ Select Committee on the Constitution reported to the House on this Bill on 22 January. I wrote...

My Lords, Amendment 55 stands in my name and the names of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Aberavon, and my noble and learned friend Lord Lyell of Markyate. Your Lordships’ Select Committee on the Constitution reported to the House on this Bill on 22 January. I wrote...