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Queen's speech debate on Monday, 23 May 2005, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Falconer of Thoroton. The answering member was Baroness Scotland of Asthal.

Address in Reply to Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech

Lords debate on Queens Speech (fourth day) on legal, home and constitutional affairs.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
672 c239-344 
Session
2005-06
Department
Home Office
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Procedure
Addresses to the Crown
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Lord Alliance | 672 c261-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my first remarks in the Chamber are ones of immense gratitude to the people of this countr...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 672 c244-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord has not been listening to what I have been saying. I did not say that we wo...
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Earl of Onslow | 672 c245 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what happens if both Houses disagree on the proposals? This seems to be government by wetn...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 672 c246-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord for setting out the Government's stall for, as he said,...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 672 c245-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall certainly not exclude a debate on the reform of the composition of this House in e...
Lord Sewel | 672 c258 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall not give way if the noble Baroness does not mind; I am running out of time. If fai...
Lord Sewel | 672 c258 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord will be fully aware that the electoral system for the Scottish Parliament, ...
Lord Thomas of Gresford | 672 c258 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the noble Lord referring to the Scottish Parliament when he talks in that way? Having r...
Lord Baker of Dorking | 672 c244 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in his last statement the noble and learned Lord made it clear that the Government intend ...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 672 c245 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not part of the Government's proposals. It seems to us that before you come to a con...
Lord Hurd of Westwell | 672 c245 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to distract the Lord Chancellor from his party sallies, but could he say a word...
Bishop of Chelmsford | 672 c253-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before turning to what I most want to address this afternoon, I will make two comments on ...
Lord Sewel | 672 c256-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, noble Lords will not be surprised that I wish to say a few words about devolution, but the...
Baroness Henig | 672 c266-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my congratulations to those already offered to the noble Lord, Lord Alliance, on his...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 672 c268 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, since the noble Baroness has named me, I was quoting from Home Office figures and agreeing...
Lord Thomas of Gresford | 672 c272-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Waddington, will forgive me if I do not follow him in his...
Baroness Henig | 672 c268-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was trying to explain the reasons why that figure is as it is. It is important for all o...
Lord Waddington | 672 c269-72 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I suppose it was too much to hope, but I was hoping that the gracious Speech would start w...
Lord Owen | 672 c263 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that I speak for all Members of this House in congratulating the noble Lord, Lor...
Lord Donaldson of Lymington | 672 c290-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I chose my words without due care and attention. I meant that there are more Members of th...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 672 c290 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hesitate to interrupt the noble and learned Lord, and he knows that I do so with great r...
Lord Donaldson of Lymington | 672 c289-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to say a brief word about constitutional matters. It has to be a brief word because...
Lord Rennard | 672 c286-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall consider the issues of electoral legislation proposed in the gracious Speech, but ...
Lord Wakeham | 672 c284-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, although he is not in his place, I should first like to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord ...
Baroness Gould of Potternewton | 672 c281-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, one of the problems of the debate on the gracious Speech is that one can speak only once a...
Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 672 c278-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall not follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Ackner, into the important subjects he...
Lord Ackner | 672 c276-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I propose to address noble Lords on sentencing, with particular regard to a speech made by...
Lord Campbell of Alloway | 672 c293-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Desai, although I am wholly unable to cont...
Lord Desai | 672 c291-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble and learned Lord. I want to speak on House of Lords ...
Lord Campbell of Alloway | 672 c294-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it was the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick. Those amendments were to retain ...
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 672 c275-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps the noble and learned Lord, Lord Ackner, will forgive me. I am conscious of the no...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 672 c309-11 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by adding my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Alliance, who is absent, on h...
Earl of Onslow | 672 c308-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as someone who needs to have a line drawn in the sand, all I can say to the noble Lord, Lo...
Lord Parekh | 672 c311-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in my brief contribution I want to concentrate on three issues. I have chosen these issues...
Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 672 c319-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the Queen's Speech we saw the reference to Wales and the proposal that there will be a ...
Lord Elton | 672 c315-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorely tempted to make a rather slashing speech about the iniquitous way in which our...
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone | 672 c295-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I intend to confine my remarks to the area of home affairs concerned with criminal justice...
Baroness Stern | 672 c298-300 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is always a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, and I welcome what ...
Lord Avebury | 672 c300-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with every word uttered by the noble Baroness, Lady Stern, particularly her emphas...
Lord Davies of Coity | 672 c304-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my contribution to this debate will be specifically related to that part of the Queen's Sp...
Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 672 c321-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, for those in this House who are already thinking of their summer vacation, I come bearing ...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 672 c324-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the only disadvantage that occurs to me of having subject days for the debates on the Quee...
Lord Dholakia | 672 c328-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we now come to the concluding part of this debate. We have heard 34 speeches so far with t...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 672 c341 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is the whole purpose of having the Joint Committee. These issues must be predicated o...
Lord Kingsland | 672 c332-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like my noble friend Lord Wakeham, I should like to congratulate the Labour Party on winni...
Lord Dholakia | 672 c329-32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall take no notice. On these Benches we did a good job defending our position and it...
Earl of Onslow | 672 c341 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what happens if no method of choosing the composition is agreed by either House, as happen...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 672 c337-41 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, may I say how much I welcome the opportunity to respond today on behalf of the Government ...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 672 c342 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I cannot pre-empt the conversation that will take place. We have not yet determined the wa...
Lord Campbell of Alloway | 672 c341-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does that mean that the deal that was made—the Irvine/Cranborne deal, which was enacted an...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 672 c342 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government do not intend to renege. That is the whole point of our manifesto commitmen...
Lord Grocott | 672 c344 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Andrews, I beg to move that the debate be now adjourned ...
Lord Davies of Coity | 672 c342 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chelmsford said that two conversations took place...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 672 c342-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, all those procedures will feed into the approach and the decision that the Government will...
Lord Graham of Edmonton | 672 c326-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I enjoyed the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Phillips. He repeats a theme that was introd...
Lord Higgins | 672 c342 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understood that the Joint Committee would be concerned, rightly or wrongly, with looking...
Lord Goodhart | 672 c250-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am glad to see the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, back on the Woolsa...
Lord Higgins | 672 c258-61 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as this is my first speech as a Back-Bencher in your Lordships' House, I should crave the ...
Subjects
Compensation Criminal proceedings Asylum Charities Crimes of violence Absent voting Constitutions Corporate manslaughter Legal profession Fraud Legislative process House of Lords Legal aid scheme Immigration Incitement Identity cards Hereditary peers House of Lords composition Powers Prisons Parliamentary procedure Parliamentary scrutiny Probation National Offender Management Service Sentencing Terrorism Regulation Reform Religious hatred
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