Results 41–60 of 4000 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:the Marquess of Lothian

Justice and Security Bill [HL]: Committee (1st Day) ( 9 Jul 2012)

the Marquess of Lothian: My Lords, perhaps I may intervene briefly to say that there is nothing to prevent the ISC in its present form holding public hearings. Indeed, the Prime Minister in the previous Government, Gordon Brown, called on the committee to hold public hearings, and we have been looking very closely at ways in which this can be done. Therefore, there is nothing in Amendment 17 that I find very...

Justice and Security Bill [HL]: Committee (1st Day) ( 9 Jul 2012)

the Marquess of Lothian: My noble friend Lord King of Bridgwater was talking about the noble Lord, Lord Gilbert, leaving the committee. Between 2007 and 2009, two chairmen of the committee were promoted to being Ministers and left the committee. I wonder how the committee would have been able to elect successors to those two when we needed someone of sufficient seniority to carry out that task.

Justice and Security Bill [HL]: Committee (1st Day) ( 9 Jul 2012)

the Marquess of Lothian: No, they were two chairmen. The first was Paul Murphy and the second was Margaret Beckett.

Justice and Security Bill [HL]: Committee (1st Day) ( 9 Jul 2012)

the Marquess of Lothian: My Lords, once again I rise to support the noble Lord, Lord Butler of Brockwell, on this amendment, to which my name is also attached. I will not add much to what he said. I think that the real purpose here is to remind the House that the committee has nine members. That is written in to the statute. It is one of the smaller committees involved in the sort of work that this committee is doing...

Justice and Security Bill [HL]: Committee (1st Day) ( 9 Jul 2012)

the Marquess of Lothian: My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Butler of Brockwell, in both of his amendments, to which I have attached my name. Like him, I declare an interest in Amendment 4-on which I shall say no more than he has said. He has argued the case with great eloquence and I hope that the Government will listen to his argument. In general terms, I say to the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, that...

Justice and Security Bill [HL]: Committee (1st Day) ( 9 Jul 2012)

the Marquess of Lothian: My Lords, I have long been an admirer of the persistence of the noble Lord, both in this House and in the other place. Certainly, in regard to his amendment, that is no exception. I wish to correct him on one point he made at the end. There is no prohibition on relevant Ministers attending the ISC and they have done so on a number of occasions. That is simply a matter of fact. Over the years...

Justice and Security Bill [HL]: Committee (1st Day) ( 9 Jul 2012)

the Marquess of Lothian: My Lords, I rise briefly in support of the noble Lord, Lord Butler of Brockwell, on both amendments, to which my name is also attached. I do so because I am also a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee. I was first appointed to the committee in 2006 and therefore have some years of experience of it. In looking at the first amendment I feel very strongly that we need to make it...

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

the Marquess of Lothian: My Lords, it is with pleasure that I follow the noble Lord, Lord Butler of Brockwell-with whom I have the honour to serve on the Intelligence and Security Committee-not least because, after his comprehensive speech, I can keep my own comments relatively brief. I will try not to cover the same ground as he has, although that may not be possible in all instances. I was first appointed to the...

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

the Marquess of Lothian: I take the noble and learned Lord's argument and I accept the need for having the closed material procedures in relation to information of sufficient sensitivity, but why would equivalent information of the same sensitivity not require the same protection in an inquest?

Scotland Bill: Committee (3rd Day) (28 Feb 2012)

the Marquess of Lothian: I have listened carefully to what the Minister has said. He quite rightly said that there are signs to tell you whether the speed limit is 30, 40 or 50 miles per hour. I live in the borders as well and sometimes, to get from one part of the Scottish borders to another, I go through England. Is he suggesting that there should be signs to tell us what the drink driving limit is on both sides of...

Iran — Statement (24 Jan 2012)

the Marquess of Lothian: My Lords, will my noble friend tell the House what active consideration is being given by the Government to the proposal made this week by Prince Turki al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia that the international community should pursue the concept of a totally nuclear-weapon-free zone, properly policed, that would include both Iran and Israel?

EU: Integration — Question (22 Nov 2011)

the Marquess of Lothian: My Lords, how would the Minister define a European Union that is more of a network than a bloc?

House of Lords: Reform — Motion to Take Note (2nd Day) (Continued) (22 Jun 2011)

the Marquess of Lothian: My Lords, with the greatest respect to my noble friend the Leader of the House, it could be said that the proposal on which we are asked to take note must rank among the most inappropriate political events since Nero fiddled while Rome burned. That is not to criticise the quality of this debate, which, at least until now, has been superb, although for all I know the melody played by Nero...

Middle East and North Africa — Statement (14 Feb 2011)

the Marquess of Lothian: My Lords-

Middle East and North Africa — Statement (14 Feb 2011)

the Marquess of Lothian: My Lords, at this time of emerging democratic awareness in the Middle East, will the Minister and his right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs use their considerable influence to encourage the Palestinian Authority to adopt a true, full and honest electoral process in the months ahead so that those who speak for the Palestinian people in the future do so with a...

House of Lords Reform Bill [HL]: Second Reading ( 3 Dec 2010)

the Marquess of Lothian: My Lords, it is with a certain trepidation that I rise today to address your Lordships' House for the first time. After 36 years, on and off, in the other place, I have come to know and respect the great fount of wisdom and experience that resides within this Chamber. I am therefore hesitant to trespass upon it, and today I will not do so for long. I have been very touched by the welcome that...

Amendment of the Law (29 Mar 2010)

Michael Ancram: I, too, rise to speak in the House for the last time, after 36 years. I have to admit that this is not the first time that I have left the House, but it is the first time that I will do so voluntarily. It has been an enormous privilege to be a Member of the House. I have represented three wonderful constituencies-two in Scotland and one in England, latterly the Devizes constituency-and I am...

Amendment of the Law (29 Mar 2010)

Michael Ancram: The right hon. Gentleman spoke about efficiency savings. I quite see that savings can be made through greater efficiency, but why do we have to wait two years to start making those savings?

Intelligence and Security Committee (18 Mar 2010)

Michael Ancram: Members of the Committee have thought very carefully about the prospect of public hearings, and have wanted to find a way of holding them. However, it is a question not simply of patsy hearings, but of choosing real subjects that are not suddenly going to disappear because one asks a question to which the security chiefs must answer, "I can't tell you." The Foreign Secretary was talking about...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (24 Feb 2010)

Michael Ancram: Does the Prime Minister agree that renewed acts of terrorist violence in Northern Ireland are not only threats to the peace process but direct attacks on the very communities from which these terrorists come?


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