Debate on Thursday, 25 January 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean. The answering member was Lord Falconer of Thoroton.

United Kingdom: Treaty of Union

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Union and to the case for maintaining a United Kingdom. Motion withdrawn.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 688 c1206-66
Session: 2006-07
Department: Department for Constitutional Affairs
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 688 c1261 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall turn to England in a moment. It is very interesting that those noble Lords attack ...; Lord Lang of Monkton | 688 c1261 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor misunderstands the posture of those...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 688 c1261 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think anyone would regard that as a sensible contribution. The idea that English ...; Duke of Montrose | 688 c1260 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the long term our ancestors were proved correct. I do not see that there is any recanti...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 688 c1259 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join noble Peers to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, on obtaining ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 688 c1260-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Duke’s ancestors on their bravery at Flodden but, on the part tha...; Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 688 c1256 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord trespasses on other people’s time now.; Lord Strathclyde | 688 c1256-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a very great pleasure to participate in this debate, which has been outstanding. Tha...; Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 688 c1256 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will simply conclude my sentence. Nothing in the precedent of 1924, when the Labour Part...; Earl of Caithness | 688 c1251-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lord Forsyth of Drumlean for introducing this debate. However,...; Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 688 c1254-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we draw towards the end of a most fascinating debate, in which personal and ancestral expe...; Lord Teverson | 688 c1247-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it seems to be par for the course to talk about one’s ancestry and pedigree in this House....; Viscount Trenchard | 688 c1249-51 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Forsyth of Drumlean for introducing this timely...; Lord Lyell | 688 c1245-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what a pleasure it is to follow my noble friend Lord Sanderson. Indeed, he has chopped at ...; Lord Sanderson of Bowden | 688 c1244-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Forsyth for initiating this debate. I joined th...; Lord Inglewood | 688 c1242-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I feel that I must begin by making a confession. Frequently on occasions such as this when...; Lord Sewel | 688 c1240-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, for providing us with the opportunity to...; Lord Greaves | 688 c1236-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am a Yorkshireman who lives in Lancashire and have never really thought of myself as bei...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 688 c1265 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord misses the point: if we want a union, which most people do, there needs to ...; Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 688 c1265 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, surely the situation the noble and learned Lord describes is what we have now. We have a G...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 688 c1261-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think the noble Lord has quite understood what happened in Scotland in 1997. It w...; Lord Strathclyde | 688 c1261 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the noble and learned Lord agree that the same principle would therefore apply if aft...; Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 688 c1266 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had a splendid debate. I thank everyone who participated in it. I thank also the L...; Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 688 c1208-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not for me to sort out the mess. The noble Lord—to be fair to him—has not always bee...; Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 688 c1208 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand what the noble Lord is saying about English votes for English laws in the Hou...; Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 688 c1206-8 (Link to this contribution) rose to call attention to the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Union andto the case for maintainin...; Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 688 c1221 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lord Forsyth on initiating this debate at such a time...; Earl of Mar and Kellie | 688 c1227-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the sins of the fathers will be visited unto the third, fourth and, in my case, upteenth g...; Lord Lang of Monkton | 688 c1229-32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lord Forsyth’s excellent and comprehensive speech in introducing his Motio...; Lord Shutt of Greetland | 688 c1224-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this debate celebrates the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Union. As for celebration, I...; Duke of Montrose | 688 c1225-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Forsyth of Drumlean for initiating this debate,...; Lord Young of Norwood Green | 688 c1235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord Jenkin of Roding | 688 c1235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this debate provides the perfect answer to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Young, w...; Lord Young of Norwood Green | 688 c1233-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, on the historic sweep of his introductio...; Lord Goodhart | 688 c1232-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth—but unlike my noble friend Lord Mar and Kellie—I am a co...; Lord Jenkin of Roding | 688 c1235-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that I must be allowed to get on. History has undoubtedly coloured the views of m...; Lord Maxton | 688 c1210-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall take this opportunity to speak in support of the continuing union between England ...; Lord McNally | 688 c1212-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. He is one of the kind of b...; Lord Anderson of Swansea | 688 c1214-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like the three previous distinguished speakers, I come to celebrate the union, not to bury...; Lord Crickhowell | 688 c1215-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must first thank my noble friend Lord Forsyth for giving us the opportunity to debate th...; Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 688 c1219 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I am sure that he did not want to mislead ...; Lord Steel of Aikwood | 688 c1217-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin with an apology. When I put my name down to speak in this debate, it was scheduled...; Lord Soley | 688 c1220-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I suppose that I speak as the elephant. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, on gi...; Lord Steel of Aikwood | 688 c1219 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the tenor of the noble Lord’s speech led me to believe that he wanted to go back to where ...; Lord Soley | 688 c1221 (Link to this contribution) Well, it goes deep in certain respects, my Lords, such as sport and one or two other things. However...; Lord Patten | 688 c1238-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, will not take offence when I say that, although I listened w...
Subjects: Devolution Anniversaries England Members Parliament Scotland Voting rights United Kingdom Nationalism Independence movements West Lothian question English votes for English laws
Legislation: Act of Union 1707
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United Kingdom: Treaty of Union

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