"I have two questions. Will the Chief Whip confirm that whether the Parliament Act is invoked is entirely a matter for the House of Commons? Does he agree that the reason that the Parliament Act is being discussed at the moment is because this is day 8 of Committee and …..." Lord Pannick - View Speech
"It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, and to say how pleased I am, as I am sure all noble Lords are, that she is very much still with us. I hope she will be for many years to come.
"The noble Baroness makes an important point, because this Bill is concerned with providing choice. Of course there is no mandatory obligation, but, if you are given this information, you should have the right—it is your life—to decide whether you wish to take advantage of these provisions. In many cases, …..." Lord Pannick - View Speech
"The noble Baroness began by asking about my experiences. I do not really want to talk about my personal experiences, except to say that those I have loved have faced a terminal diagnosis. I am very familiar with all of this on a personal basis, as I am sure is …..." Lord Pannick - View Speech
"I do not think any doctor, any panel or any court would adopt that type of approach to a complicated issue of this sort. They would rely on the judgment of the doctor, who no doubt would be well aware, or should be well aware, of the provisions of this …..." Lord Pannick - View Speech
"My Lords, I share the concerns expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Goodman, and indeed by the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, but I am very doubtful that further legislation is required. There is, as previous speakers have said, a very worrying degree of antisemitic extremist speech, particularly, I …..." Lord Pannick - View Speech
"Could the Minister confirm that, under the 1951 agreement between the US, Denmark and Greenland, the United States has considerable existing powers to establish military bases in Greenland? Has the Prime Minister emphasised this point to the President?..." Lord Pannick - View Speech
"My Lords, that was a powerful speech, but it really is not the case that all protesters are in the position of Martin Luther King, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi and the noble Baroness herself. There are protesters who have good reason for wishing to conceal their identity. If I am …..." Lord Pannick - View Speech
"The amendments in this group are motivated by understandable concern about the decision of the Supreme Court in the Ziegler case, which is [2021] UKSC 23. The noble Lords, Lord Davies of Gower and Lord Faulks, made powerful submissions relating to that case.