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Financial Regulation: EUC Report: Motion to Take Note (10 Nov 2009)

Lord Trimble: As the noble Lord made reference to my comments on the origins of the AIFM, it may be that the rumour I heard was incorrect. I heard that the origin of the concept was Oskar Lafontaine many years ago. But if the noble Lord is correct that some other ideologue produced it more recently, that underlines the failure of the Commission to keep a grip of what it was doing.

Financial Regulation: EUC Report: Motion to Take Note (10 Nov 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, I shall speak to the report of the European Union Select Committee Sub-Committee A, of which I have the pleasure to be a member. I shall not try to go into all the detail of the proposals for financial regulation and all the matters that are spun off from it: the de Larosière report and many other things. There were times when we were looking at this issue when I felt the need...

EU: Budget — Question (27 Oct 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords—

Libya: Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi — Question (12 Oct 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, are there not lessons to be learnt—

Libya: Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi — Question (12 Oct 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, is there not a lesson—

Gaza: Operation "Cast Lead" — Question (7 Jul 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, did the report by Amnesty International comment on the tactics of Hamas? Colonel Richard Kemp, formerly of the British Army, recently said, describing them: "Not only was Hamas's military capability deliberately positioned behind the human shield of the civilian population ... They also ordered, forced when necessary, men, women and children, from their own population to stay put in...

EU: Financial Institutions — Question (2 Jul 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, do those conclusions not include a provision whereby there could be arbitration between competing regulators and that the Lamfalussy committees would then have the power to impose a decision? Was the Commission not instructed to draw up legislation along these lines, or advancing further along these lines? This matter is by no means concluded.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Ambulances (23 Jun 2009)

Lord Trimble: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they regard ambulances operated by the Glengormley Ambulance and Rescue Unit as ambulances within the meaning of the Road Traffic Acts.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Ambulances (15 Jun 2009)

Lord Trimble: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they regard ambulances operated by the Red Cross or St John Ambulance and other voluntary ambulances as ambulances within the meaning of the Road Traffic Acts.

Broads Authority Bill: Third Reading (11 Jun 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, I declare an interest as a boat owner; one, indeed, whose boat's safety certificate is due for renewal within the next year. As noble Lords mentioned earlier, I was on the Committee and found it an interesting experience. It is the first time that I had served on an Opposed Private Bill Committee, so it rounds out my parliamentary experience in that respect. It is also the case, as...

Constitutional Renewal — Debate (11 Jun 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, the noble Lord no doubt inadvertently omitted to refer to the experience of the single transferable vote in Northern Ireland, where there has been no shortage of extremists elected by virtue of the system.

Building Societies — Question (25 Mar 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, I welcome very much what the Minister has said about the mutual sector, particularly his desire to support it, but is it not rather unfortunate that in recent months a mutual society has collapsed because of the current financial problems and has not had any significant help from the Government? I am referring of course to the Presbyterian Mutual Society which, alone among all the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Presbyterian Mutual Society (24 Feb 2009)

Lord Trimble: To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are considering with regard to the protection of depositors in the Presbyterian Mutual Society.

Geert Wilders — Private Notice Question (12 Feb 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, the Minister has talked about incitement, and reference has been made to the possibility of counterprotests. These are public order matters. The criterion that the Minister should be operating under is public security, which is a different thing.

EU Regional Policy (EUC Report) — Motion to Take Note (9 Feb 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Cohen, said that the most significant recommendation in our committee's report is that regional policy should concentrate on the poorer areas. The implication of that is that the convergence objective alone should be pursued, with the so-called competitiveness objective no longer existing, because, while an objective of competitiveness might seem attractive,...

Northern Ireland: Consultative Group on the Past — Question (5 Feb 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, will the noble Baroness look carefully at the novel proposals for what is called "information recovery", which is part of the matter touched on by the noble Baroness speaking for the Liberal Democrats? This could require the production of documents and compel witnesses to attend and give evidence at what is, in effect, a trial held in secret, without a jury and without all the...

Armed Forces: European Rapid Reaction Force — Question (3 Feb 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, if the Government are as lukewarm towards a rapid reaction force as the Minister suggests, I wonder what they were saying at the presidency meeting in December which agreed among other things that there should be the goal for 2010 of deploying, or being capable of deploying, "two rapid response operations of limited duration using ... the EU's battle groups".

Parliament: Representation of Wales — Question (2 Feb 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, I am sure that the Minister will agree that, in electoral matters, it is desirable that there should not be any great divergence in the size of constituencies and that, if there were a significant variation in certain parts of the kingdom, that would have an unfortunate effect. Would it not be much better if there were, as it were, a single UK electoral quota and efforts were made...

Northern Ireland: Bill of Rights — Question (15 Jan 2009)

Lord Trimble: To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they have to consult on the advice received from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission concerning a possible bill of rights for Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland: Bill of Rights — Question (15 Jan 2009)

Lord Trimble: My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. I draw attention to the fact that my wife is a member of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. The noble Baroness will know that my wife, together with another member of the commission, dissented from its report on a matter of principle: that the commission had failed to abide by its remit to advise on rights that reflected the particular...