Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Mar 2012 Scotland Bill
"With respect to the Minister, all that was agreed was that the discussion of the referendum should be taken in Committee. There was never any discussion about Report across the Floor of the House...." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"I wonder whether everyone in the House is absolutely clear, because I am slightly confused about it, that we have now degrouped from my amendments the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, on the referendum on taxation powers, so we are just dealing with Amendments 53, 55, 56 …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"We are very confused, because I got a draft that said that, but the paper from the government Whips’ Office with today’s lists for your Lordships’ House lists the Questions that were tabled, my noble friend Lord Barnett’s Motion and, as the main business, this Bill and the target for …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"I specifically asked in an e-mail, which got a response from the clerks’ office, for my amendments to be degrouped from those tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. It is not that I want to be disassociated from him completely, but because although I have tabled the appropriate amendments …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"I wonder whether the memory of the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, goes back to the time when the Tories were very powerful in Scotland...." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"They were, quite a long time ago. I remember it. This goes against the noble Lord’s theory that no one argues that taxes should be reduced. I remember what happened in Edinburgh when local councils raised about 50 per cent of their income themselves through the rates and got the …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Duke has raised a very important issue. I had indicated my intention to oppose Clause 30 stand part, and this is grouped with the noble Duke’s amendments.
The noble Duke has raised one or two of the anomalies. My noble friend Lord Maxton intervened with another. …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"I was here for the paving debate and the Minister did not deal with the specific point that my noble friend Lord Myners has just raised...." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"However, will the Minister confirm that not all Members of this Parliament are treated as British taxpayers and are not resident in Britain for the purposes of tax?..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech