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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 29 Jan 2019
Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"With the permission of the noble Baroness, Lady Vere, I intervene merely to apologise to her, because I realise that she will be as upset as I am about what we are doing at the moment. She was a very good director of ConservativesIN and campaigned very hard for us …..."
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 29 Jan 2019
Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"I am grateful to my noble friend for what he said. I was participating in a debate on the other statutory instruments we are dealing with, as was confirmed by the Bench opposite.

Until I heard the excellent speeches from noble Lords on the Liberal Democrat Front Bench and the …..."
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Jan 2019
Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"The Minister may have said this before I came in. I apologise: I was held up at a meeting outside. He mentions the United Kingdom, but paragraph 2.1 of the Explanatory Memorandum says:

“The purpose of this instrument is to end the preferential practising rights of EU and EFTA lawyers …..."
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Jan 2019
Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"The Minister has been particularly helpful in relation to that. I know that he knows Scots law very well, as do a number of other noble Members present. What is the current state of play in relation to this being dealt with in the Scottish Parliament? Is it running parallel …..."
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Jan 2019
Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"Will that apply to all several hundred SIs? Will they all be incorporated in the withdrawal agreement Bill?..."
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Dec 2018
Scotland: Transport Policing

"I thank the Minister for his positive action on this issue since I first raised it in the Grand Committee on the statutory instrument. I am most grateful to him. Does he not agree, however, that out of this debacle something positive could come if it is seen as a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 11 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

"My Lords, we are all obliged to the Minister for his explanation. Will he now confirm that what the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, has been saying again and again has now been confirmed by the European Court of Justice, that we can unilaterally agree to withdraw our Article 50 withdrawal …..."
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Written Question
Scotland Office: Allowances
Wednesday 21st November 2018

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

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what allowance is paid to Scotland Office officials based in Scotland when they are required to stay overnight in London in connection with their work.

Answered by Lord Duncan of Springbank

The Scotland Office travel and subsistence guidance allows officials who incur out of pocket or additional expenses while on official business to claim up to £24.10 and up to £5 for personal incidental expenses of receipted expenditure for an overnight stay in London while on official business.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Jul 2018
Prisons: Women

"The right reverend Prelate is also shaking her head...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 May 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"Come on. You are better than this...."
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech

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