Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 22 Feb 2016 Scotland Bill
"I understand the Minister’s point about nothing being agreed until everything is agreed. That seems to me a very reasonable point to make. However, that applies to the numbers, the levels and the ceilings; it does not apply to the principle of limits and having them in the Bill. If …..." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech
"These are clearly very deep waters, into which a non-lawyer plunges with some concern. I am very glad that I understood part of what the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, said. I agree with him about the need for a convention.
"I do not think the noble Lord has quite understood my proposal. My proposal is that the language in the amendment in the names of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, and the noble Lord, Lord Norton, should be preceded by the words: “The provisions of the Scotland Act …..." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech
"I am very grateful to the noble and learned Lord but I refuse to be drawn into a debate among lawyers about how clever I am...." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech
"We Scots are quite a canny lot. Is the noble Lord quite sure that Scots would not spot that a declaratory law adds nothing? He said he opposed every one of the amendments, but he did not state in terms—no doubt he now will—that he opposed the one I drafted …..." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech
"The noble Viscount was good enough to tell me that he was about to make that announcement and that it was not directed only at me.
It is a privilege to take part in a debate which has included a remarkable maiden speech from the noble Lord, Lord Campbell of …..." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech