Debate on Thursday, 11 June 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Tyler. The answering member was Lord Bach.

Constitutional Renewal

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the legislative proposals for constitutional renewal. Motion withdrawn.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 711 c746-96
Session: 2008-09
Department: Ministry of Justice
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Tyler | 711 c795-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Lord himself has evidenced, it has also resulted, in the long term and over a...; Lord Trimble | 711 c795 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord no doubt inadvertently omitted to refer to the experience of the single tra...; Lord Tyler | 711 c794-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, for making that point because, of course, t...; Lord Grocott | 711 c794 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, confirm that there is no safer seat than being No. 1 on a ...; Lord Strathclyde | 711 c787-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the question of the Human Rights Act, I think it would have been helpful to those who d...; Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 711 c787 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very sorry but I have to say to the noble Lord, since he attacks me personally, that ...; Lord Howarth of Newport | 711 c791 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will my noble friend kindly tell us some examples of what those bodies are likely to be?; Lord Bach | 711 c789-91 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start off by agreeing absolutely with the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde. I have enjoyed t...; Lord Lea of Crondall | 711 c791 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord Bach | 711 c791 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if I recall from my reading of the press during the past few days, a number of them are pu...; Lord Lea of Crondall | 711 c791-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree substantially with what my noble friend has said, with one exception, which is not...; Lord Bach | 711 c791 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether I can just finish this point, my Lords. If I were to be cynical, I would say that m...; Lord Bach | 711 c792-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his point but, as an old Liberal Prime Minister once said, let...; Lord Tyler | 711 c794 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, by my reckoning there are several minutes until our three and a half hours are up, but eve...; Lord Strathclyde | 711 c786 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can explain it quite clearly to the noble Lord. I fear that this is the start of a trend...; Lord Bach | 711 c786 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what has that possibly got to do with any move to a Supreme Court? I share the concern of ...; Lord Strathclyde | 711 c786 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my point about the Supreme Court is a little hard to give because it is not yet in existen...; Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 711 c786 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would be grateful if the noble Lord could give an example of what he is talking about. H...; Lord Strathclyde | 711 c785-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I knew there had to be a reason and we have discovered what it was. The noble Lord natura...; Lord McNally | 711 c785 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is why I was so polite about the noble Lord.; Lord Strathclyde | 711 c786-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is the precisely the point I am making. Through having the Human Rights Act, judges h...; Lord Strathclyde | 711 c786 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before I give way—and I am very happy to do so—I should remind noble Lords that this is a ...; Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 711 c786 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, very quickly, does not the noble Lord accept that the development of the law of privacy ha...; Lord Howarth of Newport | 711 c749-53 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we should all be extremely grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, for enabling us to hold...; Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 711 c749 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord. On his point about breaching trust with the electorate an...; Lord Tyler | 711 c746-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving this Motion, I must first congratulate the Minister, who is now in his place. He...; Lord Tyler | 711 c746 (Link to this contribution) To call attention to the legislative proposals for constitutional renewal; and to move for Papers.; Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 711 c777 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, would the noble Lord not agree that the fair comparison is not with the European elections...; Lord Grocott | 711 c773-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am in awe of the psychic powers of the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, who was able to put down ...; Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 711 c770-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, even my sternest critics would agree that I am in favour of constitutional reform. Having ...; Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 711 c760-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the right reverend Prelate and then to discover that I am to b...; Bishop of Liverpool | 711 c759-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, not only for this timely opportunity for the deb...; Lord Desai | 711 c767-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, they say in Hollywood that you should never act with children or animals. The rule here is...; Bishop of Durham | 711 c763-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, for his timely raising of this subject,...; Lord Armstrong of Ilminster | 711 c756-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, on choosing this subject for debate this aftern...; Lord Norton of Louth | 711 c754-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, on securing this very timely debate—it is...; Lord Armstrong of Ilminster | 711 c758-9 (Link to this contribution) I remember it well, my Lords, and I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lester, for reminding me of ...; Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 711 c758 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the noble Lord remember what happened when his suggestion was taken up many years ago...; Bishop of Durham | 711 c778 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for giving way. One of the glories of this country is that we have ...; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 711 c778-81 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I take that view. When the local church is also becoming the local Post Office and local s...; Lord Grocott | 711 c777 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have to say to the noble Lord, Lord Lester, that I feel very strongly that there comes a...; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 711 c777-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are going to discuss constitutional change and renewal over the next year and beyond. A...; Lord McNally | 711 c783-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I get extra time for that intervention. I will leave that to history. All that...; Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 711 c784 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, just for the record, extra time is not allocated by the Whips, but it is occasionally take...; Lord McNally | 711 c781-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as always, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Wallace, whose speech was, as u...; Lord Lea of Crondall | 711 c783 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord for giving way, but is not the assessment of Mr Jack ...; Lord Strathclyde | 711 c784-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, have enormously enjoyed the debate, rather more than I was expecting. There have b...; Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 711 c786 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord Tyler | 711 c749 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I need not comment further on what my noble friend has put so persuasively. I just make th...; Lord McNally | 711 c749 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, while commenting on that, would my noble friend comment on noble Lords who do not have the...
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Constitutional Renewal

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