Debate on select committee report on Friday, 12 December 2008, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Mance. The answering member was Lord Davies of Oldham.

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Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the European Union Committee on Initiation of EU Legislation (HL 150 2007-08). Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 706 c585-607
Session: 2008-09
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office; European Union Committee
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Initiation of EU legislation. European Union Select Committee (HL) twenty-second report of session 2007-08, with evidence and appendices.
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Mance | 706 c585-8 (Link to this contribution) That this House takes note of the report of the European Union Committee on Initiation of EU Legisla...; Lord Astor of Hever | 706 c600-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mance, for raising this important debate and I co...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 706 c602-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin with a brief apology. The Government would have preferred that the Minister replie...; Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 706 c603 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 706 c604 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what, in that case, do the Government say to the former president of Germany, Roman Herzog...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 706 c604-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the danger is that we could engage in a debate which I think has been sufficiently aired a...; Lord Mance | 706 c606-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all noble Lords and who have spoken today and thank the Minister. This has been a ...; Lord Willoughby de Broke | 706 c594-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for that intervention, but there are a number of reasons why the Irish voted...; Lord Willoughby de Broke | 706 c594 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, of course the Commission proposes, but the Council of Ministers has very little control ov...; Lord Grenfell | 706 c594 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord mentioned the Irish referendum. Is he not aware that one of the reasons why...; Lord Bowness | 706 c594 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hesitate to interrupt, but it seems to me that the noble Lord is ignoring what the repor...; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 706 c598-600 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am glad that the noble Lord, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, has been able to join the debate. ...; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 706 c597 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, two days ago, Gideon Rachman published what I thought was a rather naive article in the Fi...; Baroness O'Cathain | 706 c596 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Lord has quoted me, I thank him for allowing me to intervene. Perhaps I may m...; Lord Willoughby de Broke | 706 c596 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her clarification. Perhaps I should have made it clear that...; Lord Tomlinson | 706 c591-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mance, on his maiden speech. It was ...; Lord Willoughby de Broke | 706 c593-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can at least agree with the noble Lord, Lord Tomlinson, on one thing in congratulating t...; Lord Rosser | 706 c588-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure for me, on behalf of your Lordships’ House, to congratulate the nob...; Lord Bowness | 706 c590-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, as a member of the Law and Institutions Sub-Committee, thank the noble and learned...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 706 c604 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I guessed that I would not get very far with this presentation without the noble Lord inte...; Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 706 c597 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does not the noble Lord agree that the Executive here comes from the Parliament? The diffe...
Subjects: Common law EU law European Parliament EU institutions Legislative drafting EU grants and loans Parliamentary scrutiny Lobbying European Commission Council of Ministers Non-governmental organisations Impact assessments
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