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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...

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...

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.

EU Committee: Court of Justice of the European Union — Question for Short Debate (17 October 2011)

Lord Bowness: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the report of the European Union Committee on The Workload of the Court of Justice of the European Union (14th Report, HL Paper 128).

EU Committee: Court of Justice of the European Union — Question for Short Debate (17 October 2011)

Lord Bowness: My Lords, I have pleasure in presenting the report of the European Union Committee, which forms the subject of the Question I put to the Government in this short debate. The committee has received the Government's formal response and welcomes the opportunity to press them on points raised in the report in the light of recent developments. I am grateful to the Members of the Justice and...

European Union Bill: Committee (7th Day) (23 May 2011)

Lord Bowness: My Lords, I take this opportunity to support the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard. I deny absolutely the title "learned": I do not think that even calls for our Standing Orders, but I thank him. Nevertheless, given the state of the Court of Justice and the need for speedy resolution of disputes in it-as indeed in any court-it is extremely important, as I said, that we should...

European Union Bill: Committee (7th Day) (23 May 2011)

Lord Bowness: My Lords, I do not wish to take up the time of the Committee. The proposal as I understand it is to continue producing the printed version. It is a question of which version the courts will recognise. The courts have said to date that only the printed version is the authentic one. If this proposal goes through, they will be able to accept the electronic version. The noble Lord will not be...

European Union Bill: Committee (7th Day) (23 May 2011)

Lord Bowness: My Lords, I should hate to delay the Committee, bearing in mind that this clause stand part debate has been introduced so briefly. I have not spoken in these proceedings since Second Reading when I expressed my concern about certain aspects of the Bill, which I have to say remains. As chairman of the Justice and Institutions Sub-Committee of the European Committee-although I am not speaking...

European Union Bill — Second Reading (Continued) (22 March 2011)

Lord Bowness: My Lords, my noble friend Lord Howell of Guildford introduced this Bill in such a reasonable manner that I feel churlish in being somewhat less than enthusiastic in my welcome for it. In looking for something to which I could give a small cheer, I suppose that, if the Government want to make any of the changes envisaged in the Bill, Parliament will indeed have a greater engagement in European...

Norwich and Norfolk (Structural Changes) Order 2010: Motion to Approve (22 March 2010)

Lord Bowness: My Lords, it had not been my intention to speak in this debate because I cannot claim a connection with either Norfolk or Suffolk, but the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, was kind enough to say that she was going to refer to what I had said on a previous occasion. I am not going to say that I retract that, or that I consider that I have changed my view. It was a mistake, but it was one made 30...

EU: Codecision (EUC Report): Motion to Take Note (28 January 2010)

Lord Bowness: My Lords, although I am now a member of the European Union Select Committee, I was not a member at the time the report was produced; I am therefore free to congratulate not only the chairman but the committee on producing a report which contains important recommendations and proposals for enhancing effective security of matters subject to co-decision, or ordinary legislative procedure as we...

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) (Amendment) Order 2009 — Motion to Resolve (7 December 2009)

Lord Bowness: The Minister has justified the powers for local authorities to deal with intellectual property, and has now said that the Government are adding the intellectual property agency, or whatever, as a body. I wonder why both bodies need those powers. While he is giving examples, could he perhaps cite cases of "major criminal activity" involving "major criminal figures" untouchable by prosecution...

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) (Amendment) Order 2009 — Motion to Resolve (7 December 2009)

Lord Bowness: My Lords, I also thank my noble friend Lord Onslow for raising the matter. As members of the Joint Committee on Human Rights know, he is a strong advocate of the rights of individuals and the liberty of the subject. This order is the most recent in a line of orders under the Act which have progressively added to the different bodies that can apply to have financial investigators appointed for...