"I am most grateful to the noble Lord. I am perfectly happy to say my noble friend because he is that outside the Chamber. If the Prime Minister—maybe likely, maybe not—got the concessions that the noble Lord has just set out, would he then vote for us to remain part …..." Lord Davies of Stamford - View Speech
"My Lords, there is no way, either empirically or by reference to theory, in which one can reach what might be an agreed doctrine on the right age at which people should begin to enter into a parliamentary franchise. We could debate the matter all night as to whether it …..." Lord Davies of Stamford - View Speech
"Not for the first time in these European debates, the noble Lord and I, although associated with very different camps, agree on something. We agree on the word “coherence”—a word that the noble Lord used and which I used myself. I totally agree with what he said. One should not …..." Lord Davies of Stamford - View Speech
"I fear that that is the case. The noble Lord and I agree on coherence. The only way to restore coherence now is by the way I have just suggested. The pragmatics—the actual experience of this—are that 16 and 17 year-olds make very mature choices. That has been the lesson …..." Lord Davies of Stamford - View Speech
"I had not quite finished my remarks. I will do the noble Lord the courtesy of replying to his intervention. We both agree on the need for coherence. I totally agree that we do not want to make another piecemeal change, which is why I suggest that we make a …..." Lord Davies of Stamford - View Speech
"My Lords, I think that it is completely improper for anyone, anywhere, at any time, to make an assumption about how a fellow citizen or group of fellow citizens will cast their votes. It is particularly improper for us to do it here, where we are legislating on the franchise …..." Lord Davies of Stamford - View Speech
"If it deals with my problem in a satisfactory way I may support it. I look forward to the noble Lord introducing it in due course.
Mozambique is also a member of the Commonwealth. Let me take that as an example. Do we have especially close relationships with the people …..." Lord Davies of Stamford - View Speech
"Will the noble Lord address the point that I made in my intervention a moment ago? Although it is true, as he says, that no other EU country grants the right to British citizens who are resident there to vote, it is also true of Commonwealth countries. No Commonwealth country …..." Lord Davies of Stamford - View Speech