Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Oct 2019 Queen’s Speech
"Does the noble Lord at least accept the possibility that the people have changed their mind after a snapshot vote?..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"How do the Government respond to the concern that any potential agreement is likely to be repudiated by any successor to the Prime Minister?..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"My Lords, is there not a contradiction between the Government’s expressed intention to put the deal before the House of Commons again and again but not to give the British people a chance to have second thoughts?..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"My Lords, I recall with embarrassment that some 60 years ago in the final of the Observer debating tournament a judge said that he could not determine from my speech on which side of the motion I had spoken. I shall try to avoid that judgment today, although I accept …..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"My Lords, I am the first member of the sub-committee to speak—a sub-committee very ably chaired by the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy, who opened this debate. It is an honour to be with such congenial colleagues and very professional staff.
"That is the definitive response? Have the Government told Monsieur Barnier that there will be no extension at all of the withdrawal period?..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"The Minister has on many occasions used the phrase, “negotiations are continuing” over a very wide field, but the clock is ticking. Is he confident that it will have stopped ticking in time for us to be ready by the end date in March?..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"Is my noble friend aware that the European Union as a whole agreed a trade deal with Japan? Is it feasible that Britain on her own could improve on that deal?..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"Do we confidently expect to get a better deal on our own with, for example, South Korea, than the EU will get?..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"My Lords, would it not be somewhat impertinent of the Government to seek to influence an organisation from which they have pledged to withdraw their membership?..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech