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European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill [HL] (8 Jun 2007)

Lord Beaumont of Whitley: .... That splendid woman Dr Dorothy L Sayers—and doomed be anyone who omits the "L"—got it right in her great patriotic poem printed in the Times immediately following Dunkirk: "Praise God now for an English war "This is the war that England knows When all the world holds but one man—King Philip of the galleons Louis, whose light outshone the sun The conquering Corsican...

Armed Forces (29 Jun 2006)

Lord Beaumont of Whitley: ...effective Armed Forces and that we should look after them properly. In my volume of Other Men's Flowers, no poem resonates more than Dorothy L Sayer's poem, published in the Times in 1940, "Thank God now for an English war". It is because I feel deeply that I am very worried, as many of your Lordships undoubtedly are, about the present situation. Our Armed Forces are seriously under...

Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [HL] (12 May 2006)

Lord Beaumont of Whitley: ...has been prepared to endure. The reason for my support for this Bill is simple. The country slowly becomes more sensible, and the sheer lunacy of having a law that made suicide a crime has, thank God, vanished. I hope I never have even to contemplate suicide myself, but if I do, I wish to be able to rely on my nearest and dearest to help me to perform this legal but disagreeable action...

Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill: Select Committee Report (10 Oct 2005)

Lord Beaumont of Whitley: ..., in his summing-up, the chairman said: "Next time we meet we must invite a theologian". In my book all thinking human beings are theologians because we all, like Jacob, wrestle with the idea of God. I find nothing in the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, which I attempt to follow, which would exclude from the free will which God has given us the right to decide on ending my life...

Address in Reply to Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech (25 Nov 2004)

Lord Beaumont of Whitley: ...in the opposite direction from what they want. I also welcome the chance we will have to register our views in a referendum. While, of course, I join in praying that the blessings of almighty God will rest upon our counsels, I beg leave to doubt whether this Government are giving Him much assistance.

Convention on the Future of Europe (7 Jan 2003)

Lord Beaumont of Whitley: ...when we see how the American empire appears to be ruled by the oil industry. We must fight the rule of corporations, which is thoroughly wrong and a real demonstration of the choice between God and Caesar—or, rather, Mammon, because the corporations speak for Mammon. As a nation, we are not interested in Mammon. In our time, we have been rich, and, compared to the rest of the world,...

Hunting Bill (12 Mar 2001)

Lord Beaumont of Whitley: ...not vote for abolition. As for the other two options, as a liberal by nature I dislike over-regimentation. Nevertheless I see no real harm and some virtues in a system of licensing hunts and will, God willing, vote for that at Committee stage.

Inter-Governmental Conference: European Union Committee Report (29 Sep 2000)

Lord Beaumont of Whitley: ..." I can but acknowledge my ancestry. We must return to Monnet's wish that he had been able to play the cultural card. Putting it a slightly different way, it has been said that one cannot serve God and mammon. The European Union should be serving God, culture, humankind or humane values. It can do so if it stops the headlong dash for more control and lawmaking and turns its attention, as...

Agriculture (8 Mar 2000)

Lord Beaumont of Whitley: ...of England troop into the Lobby against him to save British agriculture. Another such massive, if not so romantic, turnaround must be asked of this Government and of all political parties. Pray God that they will not fail the British countryside in which so many of us and so much of Britain have our roots.

River Thames (23 Feb 2000)

Lord Beaumont of Whitley: My Lords, Thomas Fuller, almost as long ago as the quotation which the noble Lord, Lord Selsdon, has just recited to us, said: "London oweth its greatness under God's divine providence to the well conditioned River of Thames". From time to time it has not necessarily been well conditioned, although there have been other periods when it has been, as we have heard this afternoon. Under God's...

International Development: Anti-Poverty Strategy (19 Jan 2000)

Lord Beaumont of Whitley: ...does not go down to history only as the place where: "Stowed away in a Montreal lumber-room the Discobolus turneth his face to the wall, Where beauty crieth in an attic And no man regardeth. O God! O Montreal!" At Montreal it is important that the cry of the poor is regarded and our Government have their part to play. I hope to heaven that they will play that party fully.