Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 May 2021 Queen’s Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Merron on her very heartfelt maiden speech. I have known her for many years, and I know she will make a significant contribution to this House. All I can say is that I am very glad she did not take her mother’s …..." Baroness Taylor of Bolton - View Speech
"I am in a slightly different position from many noble Lords because I joined this Committee sitting simply because of the strong feeling on the Constitution Committee, which I chair, that Clause 2 should not be part of the Bill. I am not a lawyer, so I have listened to …..." Baroness Taylor of Bolton - View Speech
"My Lords, members of the Constitution Committee are very concerned about this suggestion in the legislation. The case was outlined by the noble Lord, Lord Beith, who went into some detail, so I do not wish to repeat all that. I simply want to ask the Minister, first, whether it …..." Baroness Taylor of Bolton - View Speech
"Will the Minister answer the point raised about the policy areas the Government have in mind where they could use these powers?..." Baroness Taylor of Bolton - View Speech
"The Minister has just used the phrase that it is “not our intention” to use these powers. That is one of the difficulties that the Committee has on many of the issues that we have raised. The Government repeatedly say that it is not their intention to abuse these powers, …..." Baroness Taylor of Bolton - View Speech
"My Lords, while I do not want this section of the debate to be dominated by members of the Constitution Committee, I should congratulate my noble friend Lord Pannick on the way he presented the amendment despite it certainly not being in the interest of the legal profession—if we manage …..." Baroness Taylor of Bolton - View Speech
"I think I am following what the Minister is saying, but a moment ago he used the phrase “legislation which … enables” implementation. How much of what is “enabling” will be caught in this?..." Baroness Taylor of Bolton - View Speech
"I accept that, but the Minister is assuming that legislation is always very neatly compartmentalised in a way which would allow that. My fear is that there will be enabling parts of legislation that could be caught up because some subsection could be EU related...." Baroness Taylor of Bolton - View Speech