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Debate on Monday, 30 November 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon. The answering member was Lord Strathclyde.

House of Lords: Code of Conduct

Lords debate on motion to take note of the Report of the Leader's Group on the Code of Conduct (HL 171 2008-09); and that Part 3 of the Report be remitted to the Committee for Privileges, with an instruction that it reports a Guide to the Rules on the Conduct of Members of the House of Lords to the House. Agreed to on question. (Debated with Lords debate on motion that this House adopts the new Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Lords to replace the present Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Lords with effect from 1 April 2010).

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
715 c590-645 
Session
2009-10
Department
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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House of Lords: Code of Conduct
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Proceeding contributions
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 715 c590 (Link to this contribution) Moved By That this House takes note of the Report of the Leader’s Group on the Code of Conduct (HL...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 715 c609 (Link to this contribution) I wondered whether a stronger argument for the noble Lord—if I may modestly suggest it—was given by ...
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Lord Eames | 715 c600-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as chairman of the group whose report is now before the House, perhaps I may begin by than...
Baroness D'Souza | 715 c599-600 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, welcome this excellent report and acknowledge the thoughtful work that has gone in...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 715 c608-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had hoped that we would first discuss the Eames report, if I can call it that, of the Le...
Bishop of Leicester | 715 c605-8 (Link to this contribution) It is a great privilege to follow the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Eames, who is held in such...
Lord Strathclyde | 715 c596-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for what she has said and for taking some time and trouble to e...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 715 c590-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is an important day for this House. It is a day on which we look to the future; a day...
Lord McNally | 715 c597-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, I first of all thank the noble and right reverend L...
Lord Grenfell | 715 c614 (Link to this contribution) I accept the noble Lord’s point, but I always have a slight tingle down the back of my spine when I ...
Lord McNally | 715 c614 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when I used the phrase "a small price to pay", I was not treating an affirmation as a triv...
Lord Trefgarne | 715 c614 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I accept the broad thrust of the Motions tabled by the noble Baroness and the proposals co...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 715 c609-10 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful to the noble Lord for his assistance. I believe that to be the case. Therefo...
Lord Campbell of Alloway | 715 c613 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, after so many long and magnificent speeches, I shall be very brief. Nothing has yet been s...
Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 715 c611-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that your Lordships will hear, briefly, from another Member on the Cross Benches. I...
Lord Grenfell | 715 c613-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the work done by the Leader’s Group, so ably led by the noble and right reverend Lord, has...
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 715 c624 (Link to this contribution) I suspect that my complaints have been private, in that sense, rather than public. I would like cla...
Lord Cope of Berkeley | 715 c623-4 (Link to this contribution) As the noble Lord referred to me, perhaps I might do my best to assist, although I have no authority...
Lord Monson | 715 c618 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in order to help us to make up our minds about the first amendment in the name of the nobl...
Lord Cope of Berkeley | 715 c616-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I draw your Lordships’ attention to the fact that I was a member of the Sub-Committ...
Lord Soley | 715 c615-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I can say just a few words. I support the report and I hope that it goes through w...
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 715 c620-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to comment on the Leader’s Group’s report, the code and the guid...
Lord Scott of Foscote | 715 c619-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I respectfully agree with the various reasons that have been suggested to your Lordships f...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 715 c618-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the report and the code. I congratulate the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord ...
Lord Dear | 715 c629 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with an eye on the clock— as we know, we have been considering this matter for getting on ...
Baroness Jay of Paddington | 715 c630 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as a member of the committee, perhaps I may briefly respond to the noble Lord, Lord Dear. ...
Baroness Manningham-Buller | 715 c630-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had not intended to speak in this debate, though not because I do not think that this is...
Baroness Hamwee | 715 c631-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, am a member of the Leader’s Group. I do not wish to make a full speech but should ...
Lord Woolf | 715 c624-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall say a few words based on my extremely limited experience as chairman of the Commit...
Lord Marlesford | 715 c625-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I congratulate the Leader of the House on the very sensible decision that we should...
Lord Jay of Ewelme | 715 c627 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to say one or two words in my capacity as chairman of the House of Lords App...
Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 715 c627-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as a member of the Leader’s Group, I should like to make a few comments in the light of th...
Lord Low of Dalston | 715 c632 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had not intended to speak in this debate except to reassure the noble Baroness, Lady D’S...
Baroness Jay of Paddington | 715 c632 (Link to this contribution) If the noble Lord will forgive me, when I was introduced, there was no code of conduct.
Lord Low of Dalston | 715 c632 (Link to this contribution) In that case, it is understandable that the noble Baroness has no recollection of it. There certainl...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 715 c640 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was going to come to that important point in due course. If a Peer refused or failed to ...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 715 c640 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness again, but that needs further clarification. If...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 715 c638-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have a bad back and that is why I am rising somewhat hesitantly today. It has nothing to...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 715 c640 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Baroness leaves that point, perhaps I could say that I asked her a specif...
Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 715 c636-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House is anxious to hear from the Minister, and therefore I will speak very briefly to...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 715 c632-4 (Link to this contribution) I support the eminently sensible proposition of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, on how we sh...
Lord Martin of Springburn | 715 c634-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the report. I have heard reference made to the other place. I shall not go into ...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 715 c640-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the signing of such a declaration is an integral part of the code. I believe that not to a...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 715 c641 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that I have been clear. This evening, I am asking noble Lords to agree to the code...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 715 c641 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I almost never agree with the noble Lord, Lord Stoddart, but I think that he has made an i...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 715 c641 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a vital issue. If people do not agree to sign a document saying that they are hone...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 715 c642 (Link to this contribution) Does my noble friend agree that the feeling of the House is that if this is binding because we are a...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 715 c642 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my Lords, and I say to the noble Lord, Lord Stoddart, that I have just explained that the code,...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 715 c642 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I promise that this will probably be my last intervention. The noble Baroness says that it...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 715 c642-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would like to be able satisfy the noble Lord, but that will not be possible because we t...
Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 715 c624 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to raise a much more limited point, but one that may be significant to a number of ...
Lord Shutt of Greetland | 715 c637-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in three and a half hours we have heard 29 speakers and it would not be useful to comment ...
Lord Williamson of Horton | 715 c611 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the Leader of the House in her Motion that the House should adopt the revised co...
Subjects
Disciplinary proceedings Disclosure of information Codes of practice Conduct Enforcement House of Lords Misconduct Peers Registration Peers' interests House of Lords Code of Conduct Leader's Group House of Lords Commissioner for Standards
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