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Debate on bill on Friday, 16 October 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Emily Thornberry. The answering member was Bridget Prentice.

Law Commission Bill [Lords]

Law Commission Bill (HL). Report stage debate. Third reading debate. Agreed to on question and Bill passed with amendment.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
497 c581-603 
Session
2008-09
Department
Ministry of Justice
Legislative stage
Third reading
Report stage
Procedure
Private members' bills proceedings
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2010-0002
Friday, 16 October 2009
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Christopher Chope | 497 c582-3 (Link to this contribution) I hear my hon. Friend, and in a sense it is incredible that the provision is not already in the Bill...
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Simon Burns | 497 c582 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an extremely powerful point. Given that, in this day and age, people rightly be...
Simon Burns | 497 c582 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important point, which, as he is aware, is the nub of the Bill. One thing t...
Christopher Chope | 497 c581 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move amendment 1, page 1, line 4, after 'practicable', insert 'and no later than six months...
Speaker | 497 c581 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment 2, page 1, line 16, leave out f...
Emily Thornberry | 497 c586-7 (Link to this contribution) I am a pragmatist, and I wish to improve the law. We are all here to make improvements to the law. W...
Christopher Chope | 497 c584-5 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Deputy Speaker, your predecessor in the Chair was here for a previous debate, to which the Minis...
Christopher Chope | 497 c583-4 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I do, because there is a problem: the Government treat most Law Commission propos...
Christopher Chope | 497 c592-3 (Link to this contribution) We have almost got dialogue of the deaf—except that I am speaking and nobody seems to want to engage...
Christopher Chope | 497 c590-1 (Link to this contribution) The amendments have the same intention for clause 2 as the previous amendments relating to clause 1....
Emily Thornberry | 497 c592 (Link to this contribution) For the reasons that I gave in my speech on earlier amendments, I do not support these ones and I as...
Speaker | 497 c589-90 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment 5, page 2, line 12, after '(1)'...
Christopher Chope | 497 c588 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is trying to hold a gun to my head by saying, "Because you are sympathetic to the Law ...
Christopher Chope | 497 c587-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry) for her remark...
Bridget Prentice | 497 c602-3 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly raise it with the Minister within whose portfolio the Law Commission sits, and I wi...
David Howarth | 497 c598 (Link to this contribution) The situation is even worse than my hon. Friend describes. The Government gave the Law Commission a ...
Lord Bellingham | 497 c598-9 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry) on introducing t...
Lord Bellingham | 497 c599-600 (Link to this contribution) I assure my hon. Friend that those of us on the Front Bench, watched over with eagle eyes by those i...
Christopher Chope | 497 c599 (Link to this contribution) I agree very much with my hon. Friend, but can he assure the House that the Opposition are already a...
Bridget Prentice | 497 c601-2 (Link to this contribution) I should like to add my congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Islington, South and Finsbu...
David Howarth | 497 c600-1 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the Bill on behalf of my party and congratulate the hon. Member for Islington, South...
Speaker | 497 c603 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am about to put the question. We do not want any obstacles at this late stage.
Christopher Chope | 497 c581 (Link to this contribution) Amendments 1 and 2 try to introduce a better and tighter definition of when the Bill will take effec...
Christopher Chope | 497 c586 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady's objections to my amendments seem to be procedural rather than substantive. Why does ...
Emily Thornberry | 497 c585-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the support that has been shown both for the Bill and for the Law Commission. It w...
Christopher Chope | 497 c586 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady was in the Chamber during the debate on the Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill...
Emily Thornberry | 497 c586 (Link to this contribution) Those matters have been considered and the Bill has been carefully looked after through both places....
Christopher Chope | 497 c583 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury is really excited about it. I told them t...
Philip Davies | 497 c583 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree. Does my hon. Friend agree, therefore, that the thrust of his argument is that th...
Emily Thornberry | 497 c593-4 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I feel remarkably tired but I am very plea...
Christopher Chope | 497 c594-7 (Link to this contribution) As is apparent from the debates on the amendments, I am not against the Bill; I just feel that it is...
Evan Harris | 497 c597-8 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry) on seeming to ge...
Lord Bellingham | 497 c591 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend not find it somewhat peculiar and disconcerting that this draft protocol has not...
Christopher Chope | 497 c591-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good point, which draws out of me a few comments on a letter sent to me ...
Lord Bellingham | 497 c592 (Link to this contribution) The Law Commissions Act 1965 makes it precisely clear what is the relationship between the Law Commi...
Christopher Chope | 497 c588-9 (Link to this contribution) He leant forward, and I was wondering what he was going to do next. However, he does not want to int...
Christopher Chope | 497 c589 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move amendment 4, page 2, line 12, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
Christopher Chope | 497 c588 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. We are almost in danger of finding ourselves in a similar situation...
Bridget Prentice | 497 c587 (Link to this contribution) In support of my hon. Friend's attempt to persuade Opposition Members to withdraw their amendments, ...
Emily Thornberry | 497 c588 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman refers to time scales. I am sure that he is aware, as a result of conversations, ...
Christopher Chope | 497 c602 (Link to this contribution) I had the opportunity to speak to Sir James Munby since his appointment and I know that he takes thi...
Evan Harris | 497 c598 (Link to this contribution) Exactly, and I hope that, as the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury said, the report that...
Christopher Chope | 497 c582 (Link to this contribution) As an experienced parliamentarian, my hon. Friend will know that the title of Lord Chancellor is inc...
Christopher Chope | 497 c592 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for those observations. During my conversation with Mr. Ormerod, he ...
Lord Bellingham | 497 c588 (Link to this contribution) On the point about the timing of the Bill, and the mechanism used—a private Member's Bill—had the Go...
Subjects
Law Law Commission Reform
Legislation
Law Commission Bill (HL) 2008-09
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