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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 12 Dec 2018
Brexit: People’s Vote

"My Lords, referendums are often described as democratic, but they are not what we usually mean by democratic in this country, where we have a system of representative parliamentary democracy. The effect of having a referendum is to undermine that system because it changes Members of Parliament from being representatives …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 25 Oct 2018
Brexit: People’s Vote

"My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Sugar. I very much agree with what he said about the referendum, which has ended up in a Brexit situation. The plain and simple term that we might use is that the public were given a false …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 19 Mar 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"My Lords, I am tempted to reply to the vast mass of points that have been made during this debate. However, I shall deal with a more fundamental point: clearly, we need a debate and votes in both Houses on the principle of referendums. The reality is that this referendum …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Mar 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"My noble friend speaks of a clear instruction from the British people in the referendum but the Bill which was introduced for a referendum, and then debated and voted on in this House, was very clearly for an advisory referendum. It was in no sense an instruction...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Mar 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"But there was no decision taken; it was an advisory referendum. My noble friend refers to a leaflet distributed in the course of the referendum. If so, it was totally incompatible with what this House agreed...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 28 Nov 2017
Brexit: Release of Impact Assessments

"My Lords, the implication of what my noble friend has said is that the Government announced immediately that we would withdraw from the single market and the customs union before they had all the information, which has now become available. Should they not reassess the position?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 06 Nov 2017
European Union

"Has my noble friend noticed that the referendum to which he referred was established by Parliament very clearly as an advisory referendum? Should that not be something we respect before we consider any further action?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 09 Oct 2017
Brexit

"My Lords, does my noble friend agree that it would speed up negotiations if the British Government put forward quite specific and quantitative proposals with regard to what we think any exit payment ought to be?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Sep 2017
Update on the Progress of EU Exit Negotiations

"My Lords, may I raise a technical economic, rather than political, point? It is a reality that a pound or a euro today is worth more than a pound or a euro in a year’s time. In looking at these complex financial arrangements regarding the exit payment and so on, …..."
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Written Question
Motorways: Safety
Friday 21st July 2017

Asked by: Lord Higgins (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the effect on the UK economy of no deal on Brexit would be better or worse than the UK remaining in the EU.

Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns

This Government is determined to deliver on the decision taken by the people of the UK in last year’s Referendum. The Government is undertaking a comprehensive programme of analytical work to assess, across a range of scenarios, the economic impacts of exiting the European Union. It would not be appropriate, however, to publish details that could undermine the UK's negotiating position with the EU.