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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 May 2020
Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]

"I had not intended to intervene at this stage. However, since this, is or ought to be, very similar to Committee if we were sitting in the Chamber, I hope that Members will understand why I do so. It is not to deal with questions that the Minister raised about …..."
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 May 2020
Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]

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Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 May 2020
Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]

"It is appropriate that these amendments follow those we have just been discussing, 3 and 18. I am pleased that four very distinguished lawyers will participate in this debate, as well as the Minister, who is an equally distinguished lawyer. I should explain that I am not a lawyer—although, mind …..."
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 May 2020
Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]

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Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 May 2020
Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]

"I apologise for jumping in a little prematurely.

This has been a very useful debate and the Minister has answered a number of my questions. It is awfully useful that he is taking away the third point raised by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, about Ministers of the …..."
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 May 2020
Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]

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Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 May 2020
Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, this brings me to another of my special interests, and one that I have been pursuing for some time. Amendments 14 and 15 concern the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands—namely Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark—and the dependent territories. I will not mention all of the dependent territories, …..."
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 May 2020
Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I am really very grateful to the Minister for a helpful reply; he has dealt with each of the points that I raised very properly and helpfully. This is an issue that I feel strongly about generally and will need to pursue in another context in the light …..."
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 23 Apr 2020
Vagrancy Act 1824

"Can the Minister confirm that the provisions of this ancient Act as they apply to Scotland were repealed in Westminster by the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982? The kind of things he has talked about, such as persistent or aggressive begging, are being dealt with in Scotland using other legal …..."
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Written Question
Devolution: Scotland
Tuesday 22nd October 2019

Asked by: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received any requests from the Scottish Government for additional powers to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament in the last six months.

Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

The Secretary of State for Scotland has regular discussions with the Scottish Government on a range of issues. I can confirm that the UK Government have not received any requests from the Scottish Government for additional powers to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament in the last six months.