Results 1-20 of 172 for speaker:Lord Bowness
- Upcoming Business – Lords: Grand Committee (20 June 2013)
Priorities for the OSCE Helsinki +40 discussions – Baroness Warsi.
- EU: Advocates-General of the Court of Justice — Motion to Take Note (10 June 2013)
Lord Bowness: My Lords, I am extremely pleased to see this Motion before the House tonight, and I thank my noble friend the Minister for his very full explanation. Indeed, he has pre-empted and answered a number of the questions that I would have sought to put to him. The Justice, Institutions and Consumer Protection Sub-Committee of the European Union Committee has taken a close interest in this matter...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: EU: Court of Justice (21 May 2013)
Lord Bowness: To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect the European Union Council of Ministers to agree the appointment of an additional Advocate-General from Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union pursuant to Declaration 38 on Article 252 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: EU: Court of Justice (20 May 2013)
Lord Bowness: To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the request for additional Advocates-General from the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, when they expect to seek the approval of Parliament under the European Union Act 2011 for the appointment of additional Advocates-General.
- Liaison Committee — Motion to Agree (21 March 2013)
Lord Bowness: My Lords, I believe that someone has to answer the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Pearson, in making a comparison between the European Union Select Committee in this House-I declare an interest as a member of that committee-and the European Scrutiny Committee of the House of Commons. I will not take up too much of your Lordships' time but the procedure is entirely different. The European...
- Previous Business – Lords: Grand Committee (4 February 2013)
The Report of the European Union Committee on The European Union’s Policy on Criminal Procedure – Lord Bowness.
- EU: Prime Minister's Speech — Motion to Take Note (31 January 2013)
Lord Bowness: My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lady Noakes for introducing this debate. The Prime Minister sought to bring together the divergent views which existed within the Conservative Party, but it remains to be seen how successful that will prove to be over the coming months and years. I welcome the Prime Minister's continued commitment to continued membership of the European Union, his...
- Thames Tideway Tunnel — Question (15 January 2013)
Lord Bowness: My Lords, I apologise to my noble friend for not giving him advance notice of this question. My understanding is that properties not connected to mains drainage do not pay sewerage charges. By analogy, are those properties within the Thames Water area which have no physical benefit from this proposal actually liable to pay the charges, or should there not be the equivalent of what used to be...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Nobel Peace Prize (5 December 2012)
Lord Bowness: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 13 November (WA 283), whether they have decided upon the arrangements for the representation of the United Kingdom at the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union on 10 December.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Nobel Peace Prize (13 November 2012)
Lord Bowness: To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they have made regarding the representation of the United Kingdom at the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Railways: Franchises (23 October 2012)
Lord Bowness: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Earl Attlee on 10 October (Official Report, col. 1022), whether train operations and track infrastructure may be conducted by the same institution; and, if so, whether that institution would be required to account separately for each activity.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (22 October 2012)
Lord Bowness: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will support the request made by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) in paragraph 26 of the 2012 Monaco Declaration that the OSCE Ministerial Council should report in writing to the Parliamentary Assembly and to national parliaments on the work of each outgoing chairperson-in-office in time for...
- EU: European Justice and Home Affairs Powers — Statement (15 October 2012)
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- Court of Justice of the European Union — Motion to Approve (23 July 2012)
Lord Bowness: My Lords, I declare my registered interests as the holder of a solicitor's and notary's practising certificate. The justice and institutions sub-committee, which I chair, of the European Union Select Committee welcomes the Government's proposal regarding the draft regulation before the House this evening, but in line with our report on the workload of the Court, as mentioned by other noble...
- Queen's Speech — Debate (6th Day) (17 May 2012)
Lord Bowness: My Lords, on 29 March this year, addressing the lord mayor's Easter banquet, my right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary said, in a speech that ranged over most of the world: "Britain is a transatlantic nation and a European nation. But our ... interests go beyond that to be global. We have to forge new partnerships beyond our traditional alliances ... This in no way means we are moving...
- Liaison Committee: Third Report — Motion to Agree (26 March 2012)
Lord Bowness: My Lords, I wish to endorse the words of the noble Lord, Lord Roper, the chairman of the European Union Select Committee, and to agree with my noble friend Lord Jopling. I confirm that the views they have expressed are those widely held by the members of the main committee and its sub-committees. Having said that, I do not intend to indulge in special pleading for any particular part of the...
- Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe — Question for Short Debate (16 January 2012)
Lord Bowness: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the present role of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and whether they have plans to increase awareness of its work.
- Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe — Question for Short Debate (16 January 2012)
Lord Bowness: My Lords, I am a member-together with the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hilton of Eggardon, and colleagues from another place-of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the OSCE. The question tonight is about the OSCE and not the Parliamentary Assembly, although there is a connection to which I will return. Noble Lords here...
- EU Committee: Court of Justice of the European Union — Question for Short Debate (17 October 2011)
Lord Bowness: My Lords, I must apologise to the House that in asking my question I failed to draw attention to my declared interests as a practising solicitor, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, for allowing me now so to do.