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Justice and Security Bill [HL]: Commons Amendments (26 March 2013)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: My Lords, I will address Amendments 6A and 6B and the consequential Amendments 16A, 16B and 16C. I will not repeat all the arguments made by the Minister, but I agree with them. Like the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, I cannot accept Amendment 6A or Amendment 6B. As a non-lawyer, when I read Amendment 6A I interpreted it exactly as the Minister feared the court would be forced...

Israel and Palestine — Question for Short Debate (7 February 2013)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: My Lords, I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Falkner, for presenting this subject. Like her, I believe that the role of civil society is of the utmost importance in promoting peace for Israelis and Palestinians. Peace will not be achieved by violence but, as we all know, by a combination of political agreements based on mutual trust and respect, as my noble friend Lord Janner said, which...

Airports: Heathrow — Question (23 January 2013)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: My Lords, does the Minister agree that it is not a question of de-icing or clearing the runways? British Airways comes on the television screens explaining proudly its problem that, "We run at 99% capacity. The slightest difference in allowing time between flights means that we have to cancel". It turned out in this case that one in 10 incoming flights was cancelled on one day, and that on...

Magna Carta: 800th Anniversary — Question (17 December 2012)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: My Lords, does the Minister agree that it might be appropriate if this House cleaned the figures of the signatories to the Magna Carta? That would be a nice gesture, would it not?

Middle East: Gaza and Syria — Statement (20 November 2012)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: My Lords, does the Minister agree that Israel has the right to defend its citizens from rocket attacks from Gaza and to try to destroy Hamas's arsenals? Does she further agree that the international community must now focus on de-escalation and finding a sustainable ceasefire-with emphasis on "sustainable"-because a temporary ceasefire will do no one much good; on finding a political solution...

Gaza — Question (23 July 2012)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: My Lords, is the Minister aware that the World Health Organisation has blamed, in no uncertain terms, the problems of the import of medical supplies into Gaza on the lack of communication between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas? Can the noble Baroness assure the House that Her Majesty's Government are doing everything they can to persuade the Palestinian Authority to improve its relations...

Justice and Security Bill [HL]: Second Reading (19 June 2012)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: My Lords, it is a particular pleasure to follow such distinguished members of the current ISC as the two noble Lords who have spoken before me in this debate. The ISC is a committee on which I have twice had the pleasure of serving in the past. I welcome the Bill which, although not long, deals with rather a large number of important issues that have been in need of being addressed for some...

West Bank and Gaza — Question (9 February 2012)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: My Lords, does the Minister agree that, as my noble friend Lord Judd mentioned in connection with Northern Ireland, a sine qua non for sitting down and starting real negotiations is the renunciation of violence by all the participants?

Justice: Evidence — Question (15 December 2011)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: I understand that what happened was that the first group of Privy Councillors under Sir John Chilcot, of which the noble Lord, Lord Hurd, was a member, made a report that was considered. It then went into the next phase, with the Privy Councillors liaising with an action unit, or something like that, in the Home Office. That activity has hit problem after problem. It is not the fault of the...

Palestine: UN General Assembly — Question (13 September 2011)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: My Lords, does the Minister agree that if such a bid by Palestinians is made to the upcoming General Assembly, they should be asked if they accept the United Nations General Assembly resolution-I mean "General Assembly"; it was not a Security Council resolution-of 1948 which set up the state of Israel?

Scotland Bill: Second Reading (6 September 2011)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: My Lords, this Bill is the second major constitutional change for Scottish devolution that this House has considered. It is natural that those of us who were closely involved with the first Scotland Bill, the Scotland Act 1998, have many memories of that Bill revived by this one, as the noble Lord, Lord Sewel, indicated. It is perhaps difficult for those who were in neither House of the UK...

Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Committee (6th Day) (Continued) (16 June 2011)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: As a non-lawyer, I shall make some non-lawyer points. I briefly echo what I said on Second Reading, which is that I very much welcome Clause 154 and congratulate the Government on bringing it forward. I wanted the previous Government to bring it forward. Although they were preparing to do so, they came to the end of their tenure before it came near the legislature. I am very pleased to see it...

Electoral System: Alternative Vote Referendum — Question (11 May 2011)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: My Lords-

Electoral System: Alternative Vote Referendum — Question (11 May 2011)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: The Clock was showing 29 minutes when I stood up. Does the Minister agree that there is a world of difference between looking after the election of office-bearers in a trade union or any other organisation and being involved in a referendum which is about the electoral system and being connected with something called the Electoral Reform Society? Does that not strike the Minister as something...

Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Second Reading (27 April 2011)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, and to congratulate her on a truly outstanding maiden speech. Of course, we would expect no less from a very talented barrister, but she presented her maiden speech with a great deal of style and wit and let us see what a valuable asset we have gained in her presence with us. In Dods, the noble Baroness put down her...

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill: Committee (13th Day) (25 January 2011)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: The noble Lord anticipates my next point. The Benches opposite have the temerity to complain when we try to examine the detail in this Bill. That shows an arrogance that none of the participants in the convention, including the party of the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, and my own, showed on this kind of issue. That brings me to a second lesson for the Government, if I may give it to the noble...

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill: Committee (13th Day) (25 January 2011)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: Just let me finish the sentence. The mantra that we kept hearing repeated, which I am sure the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, will remember, was that, although the Conservative Party had campaigned for a no vote in the referendum on a Scottish Parliament, it accepted the decision of the Scottish people and all the many amendments were, as it said, only "to make it a better Bill".

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill: Committee (13th Day) (25 January 2011)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: There were many clauses, but it was one Bill-one self-contained, sharply focused Bill on the Scottish Parliament, quite different from the hybrid Bill that we have in front of us. I am not claiming that there was some kind of golden age in 1998 when we were in government and the Scotland Bill was being debated. Of course we got tired and we got angry with one another sometimes. However, we...

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill: Committee (13th Day) (25 January 2011)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: I think that both those things are clear about the Opposition today. Then, the Opposition were not supposed to be delaying the Bill, but my goodness they certainly took a very long time and went to very late hours in moving their amendments, which were all supposed to improve the Bill-changed days indeed, judging from the behaviour of the present Government. I suggest that it would do all...

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill: Committee (13th Day) (25 January 2011)

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale: I must tell my noble friend Lord McAvoy, for whom I usually have a great respect and affection, that on this occasion I cannot support his amendment. I mentioned the Scottish Constitutional Convention earlier this evening. As the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, knows well, the convention considered the issue of Orkney and Shetland for a long time. It was considered for separate parliamentary...