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Debate on bill on Tuesday, 1 December 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon. The answering member was Lord Glentoran.


Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill [HL]

Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Grand Committee.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
715 c720-32 
Session
2009-10
Department
Northern Ireland Office
Legislative stage
Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Alderdice | 715 c726-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the Bill but I express a little disappointment that its contents were not enacte...
Lord Trimble | 715 c729 (Link to this contribution) I express my delight and pleasure at what the noble Baroness has just said in supporting an early en...
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Baroness Harris of Richmond | 715 c729 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that members of the Alliance Party, our sister party in Stormont, will take note of what t...
Baroness Harris of Richmond | 715 c728-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been an interesting, if short, debate on the future determination of Members of t...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 715 c731 (Link to this contribution) I note what the noble Lord says. He clearly has great experience in these matters. It is our hope at...
Lord Trimble | 715 c730-1 (Link to this contribution) No dual mandate operates with regard to the Welsh Assembly or the Scottish Parliament. It proved pos...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 715 c730 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as is always the case with Northern Ireland legislation, this has been an interesting and ...
Lord Kilclooney | 715 c731 (Link to this contribution) Does the opposition to double-jobbing apply to treble-jobbing as well? When Dr Paisley, Mr Hume and ...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 715 c720 (Link to this contribution) Moved By That the Bill be read a second time.
Lord Glentoran | 715 c722-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, we wish to be associated with the comments made by the noble Baroness on the PSNI a...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 715 c720-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, noble Lords will be mindful of the move towards independence in the setting of salaries an...
Lord Bew | 715 c725-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the Bill on its merits and because we are at a moment of crisis in Northern Irel...
Lord Smith of Clifton | 715 c724-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I associate these Benches with the sentiments expressed by the Leader of the House in rega...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 715 c731-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have great admiration for the noble Lord. How he managed to fulfil three roles at once m...
Subjects
Devolved matters Allowances Devolution Dual mandate Northern Ireland Pay Public appointments Workplace pensions Northern Ireland Assembly Members Northern Ireland government Speaker
Legislation
Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill (HL) 2009-10
Link
View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk