Debate on bill on Thursday, 13 July 2006, in the House of Lords.

Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill

Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. Lords Report stage (HL Bill 140 2005-06)

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 684 c871-900
Session: 2005-06
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Legislative stage: Report stage
Procedure: New clauses
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill . As amended in Grand Committee
Thursday, 22 June 2006
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House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Rooker | 684 c895 (Link to this contribution) I will, my Lords, because I realise that once I sit down no one else can get up.; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c895 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister give way?; Lord Rooker | 684 c894-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I can just make this point. Then I will give way to the noble Lord, obviously. We...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c894 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord Rooker | 684 c893-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I realise the seriousness attached to the issue in the amendment and I hope that I have ma...; Lord Kilclooney | 684 c892 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is refreshing to hear the words of the noble Lords, Lord Smith and Lord Glentoran. Ther...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c891-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, a small number of Members of your Lordships’ House who follow Northern Ireland activities ...; Lord Glentoran | 684 c889-91 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 12: After Clause 20, insert the following new clause- ““CONTINUED SUSPENSION O...; Lord Glentoran | 684 c889 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for what he has said. I do not believe that on this occasion my amend...; Lord Rooker | 684 c889 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not want to go into the detail of that case, which I am aware of from the media, but ...; Lord Glentoran | 684 c900 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for the way that he has taken what has happened and note what he is g...; Lord Rooker | 684 c900 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I would like to say something about the amendment not being m...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c900 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, from these Benches, I endorse that sentiment. If we could work something out, it would be ...; Lord Kilclooney | 684 c897 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have a point of elucidation. We did have, let’s face it, a plan B following the meeting ...; Lord Rooker | 684 c896 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I take the noble Lord’s chastisement. I do not want to speak on the basis that executive ...; Lord Glentoran | 684 c897 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I accept what the noble Lord has said. I accept that there is no plan B and I accept that ...; Lord Rooker | 684 c897 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, for the reasons that I explained. If we did that in great detail now, there are too many p...; Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 684 c896 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind noble Lords around the House—and I look at those to whom it applies on my left an...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c895-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord’s peroration is part of his rhetorical repertoire to keep the momentum goin...; Lord Rooker | 684 c879-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall try to give a bit more explanation, although we debated this in Grand Committee. T...; Lord Kilclooney | 684 c880 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister is quite right. This is a vast improvement compared with what applies in Engl...; Lord Rooker | 684 c880-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I accept the narrowing. However, I do not have a note on this, because specified classific...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c881 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. If I can buy him a few more minutes, I am no...; Lord Rooker | 684 c881-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a good job that the Lords’ procedure allows us to debate amendments on Third Reading...; Lord Rooker | 684 c882 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is a very good question. I am advised to include it in my reply. The noble Lord hits ...; Lord Rooker | 684 c882 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, let me just finish this bit or I shall get it wrong as well. If those parties fight electi...; Lord Kilclooney | 684 c882 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wanted to make the point that there is one national party in the United Kingdom, the Con...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c883 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the Minister replies to the imaginative suggestions of the noble Lord, Lord Tebbit,...; Lord Rooker | 684 c883 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree. I have to say that to the best of my knowledge at no time was this issue covered ...; Lord Rooker | 684 c882-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not know what is registered with the Electoral Commission, and I have not received ad...; Lord Tebbit | 684 c883 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, because this is as full of holes as an Edam cheese—I thin...; Lord Glentoran | 684 c886-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 11: After Clause 17, insert the following new clause- ““EXCLUSION OF MINISTER ...; Baroness Harris of Richmond | 684 c887 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment empowers the Secretary of State to require the Presiding Officer to move a ...; Lord Glentoran | 684 c883-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his good-humoured responses. I am now even more convinced that th...; Lord Glentoran | 684 c886 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 10: Leave out Clause 13. On Question, amendment agreed to.; Lord Tebbit | 684 c888 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what worries some of us is that we have seen in the papers recently that Sinn Fein activis...; Lord Rooker | 684 c887-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the arguments on this amendment were rehearsed in Grand Committee and in another place. As...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c871 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1: Page 2, line 26, leave out from ““2010”” to end of line 28. The noble Lord...; Lord Glentoran | 684 c871-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Clifton. As the noble Lord has already sa...; Lord Rooker | 684 c872-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I will probably say quite a few times today, as I said in Grand Committee where these a...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c873 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating very much what he said in Grand Committee. There has cl...; Lord Rooker | 684 c876 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise, but I do not have the precise answer at the moment. I should like to deal wit...; Lord Glentoran | 684 c873-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in speaking to Amendment No. 8 in my name, I shall also speak to the Liberal Democrat Amen...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c873 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 7: Page 10, leave out lines 18 to 35. The noble Lord said: My Lords, we are n...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c875 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, have there been any discussions between the Northern Ireland Office and the appropriate Mi...; Lord Rooker | 684 c874-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord has just raised a point that he did not raise in Committee. It is not a fea...; Lord Kilclooney | 684 c877 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that argument is facile. This is not an economic matter; it is about electoral law in the ...; Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 684 c878 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I gently remind the House that we are at Report. Nobody except the mover of the amendment ...; Lord Kilclooney | 684 c877 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree entirely with the noble Lord that the present system of donations for political pa...; Lord Rooker | 684 c877 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand that, under the rules governing Report, I am not required to answer those que...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c876 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for that further elucidation from the Minister, but what we are considering ...; Lord Rooker | 684 c876-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is unreasonable. The noble Lord has not acknowledged that the legislation is a big st...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c879 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the noble Lord, Lord Glentoran, pressed the amendment, we would support it.; Lord Kilclooney | 684 c879 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to underline that I consider this a most discriminatory measure, and Her Majesty's ...; Lord Glentoran | 684 c878-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 9: Leave out Clause 12. The noble Lord said: My Lords, I am afraid that I am ...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c878 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanation. We have just had an illustration of how fraught ...; Lord Tebbit | 684 c882 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I can help the Minister, who might even get some respectable advice on this ma...; Lord Kilclooney | 684 c882 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—
Subjects: Contributions Delegated legislation Campaigns Finance Electorate Disqualification Donors Electoral register Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Assembly Political parties Parliamentary scrutiny Ministers Northern Ireland government Registration Republic of Ireland Timetables Statutory instruments
Legislation: Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005-06
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Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill

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