Lord Ampthill

Former Crossbench Peer

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  • Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill 13 May 2008

    My Lords, before the Minister sits down, I wonder whether he will forgive me for a brief intervention, simply because I happened to chair the committee that looked at the original Bill, which this Bill amends. I was also chairman of the committee that looked at the father to the Bill, on the Channel Tunnel. Both were hybrid Bills. I merely wish to inform the Minister that I feel inclined to...
  • House of Lords: Reform 13 Mar 2007

    My Lords, having implied that we do nothing in this House, does my noble friend not accept that, over the past 10 years, we made on average 3,400 amendments a year to the Government's Bills?
  • Interpretation 26 Oct 2005

    Having called Amendment No. 128, I apologise for my slip and now call Amendment No. 123.
  • Equality Bill [HL] 11 Jul 2005

    I remind the Committee that, if Amendment No. 83 is agreed to, I cannot called Amendment No. 84, which has already been debated.
  • Constitutional Reform Bill 14 Dec 2004

    My Lords, I should remind the House that if this amendment is agreed to I cannot call Amendments Nos. 142 and 143.
  • Constitutional Reform Bill 14 Dec 2004

    My Lords, would the noble Baroness care to move Amendments Nos. 156M, 156N, 156P and 156Q? The question is that those amendments be agreed to.
  • Constitutional Reform Bill 14 Dec 2004

    My Lords, I apologise to the noble Baroness. I repeat that the question is that Amendments Nos. 156M, 156N, 156P and 156Q be agreed to.
  • Constitutional Reform Bill 14 Dec 2004

    I am sorry, my Lords; there are no speakers here and I could not hear exactly what the noble Baroness was saying. Amendments Nos. 156M and 156N must be dealt with first.

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