Trade Bill

Viscount Younger of Leckie Excerpts

Consideration of Commons amendments & Ping Pong (Hansard) & Ping Pong (Hansard): House of Lords
Tuesday 2nd February 2021 Lords Chamber

I end by reminding the House of two heroes of mine—

[Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)]

I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord. I know he made a very passionate and emotive speech earlier. The purpose now is to press his amendment, should he choose to do so.

[Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB)]

I am also exercising my right of reply at the end of debate, and I am drawing my remarks to a conclusion.

Two heroes of mine from the Nazi period have been referred to in this debate. One was a man called Maximilian Kolbe, who was taken to Auschwitz and executed there. He said that

“beyond the … hecatombs of extermination camps, there are two irreconcilable enemies in the depth of every soul … what use are the victories on the battlefield”—

in other words, what use are all the privileges we enjoy—

“if we ourselves are defeated in our innermost personal selves?”

The other person was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed by the Nazis, who said:

“Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”


I commend Motion C1 to your Lordships’ House; this is our chance to speak and to act. I would like to test the opinion of the House.

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Moved by

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

That this House do not insist on its Amendment 6, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 6A.

6A: Because Parliamentary scrutiny of trade agreements is ensured by existing measures.

[Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)]

My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend, I beg to move.

Motion E1 (as an amendment to Motion E)

Moved by

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Moved by

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 9A and 9B.

9A: Line 14, after “products,” insert “and”

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Moved by

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 10A.

10A: Line 6, after “subsection (2)” insert “except insofar as they relate to human life or health”