"My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 10, which is almost identical. Noble Lords will no doubt remember that in Committee we had considerable discussion about the phrase “Scottish Crown Commissioner”. There was a little problem. If he were called the Scottish Crown Commissioner, he would not have been …..." Lady Saltoun of Abernethy - View Speech
"My Lords, I have been in this House for 32 years and this is only the second time that I have had an amendment accepted. I am delighted...." Lady Saltoun of Abernethy - View Speech
"My Lords, would perhaps “Crown Estate Commissioner with special responsibility for Scotland” solve all the problems?..." Lady Saltoun of Abernethy - View Speech
"My Lords, I just want to raise one little matter about the drafting of Amendments 48 and 49 tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. Surely it would be better if the provisions to set penalties for drink-driving and for random breath-testing were put in Clause 24, which concerns drink-driving, …..." Lady Saltoun of Abernethy - View Speech
"My Lords, the amendment of noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, says,
“obtain consent to the discussions from a Minister of the Crown”.
Should he not be specific about which Minister? Would it not be better to say the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs?..." Lady Saltoun of Abernethy - View Speech
"My Lords, I do not know but I would not be at all surprised if it turned out that people much preferred to vote on a weekday, possibly taking a bit of time off work or arriving later for work, than have their football or whatever interfered with on a …..." Lady Saltoun of Abernethy - View Speech
"My Lords, I wonder if I could ask a brief question: what is all the hurry about? Why do we have to have a referendum this May? Why can we not wait and have it in a year’s time, or at any time? This is something that is too important …..." Lady Saltoun of Abernethy - View Speech