National Liberal Democrat News - East Riding Liberal Democrats

26 - Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Barbara Janke: Remain voters have spoken too and nobody is listening

Barbara's theme was the effect of Brexit on young people and businesses in her home town of Bristol and the need to recognise the worries of those who voted Remain and not to forget about them. My Lords, I wish to speak about some of the issues that have been raised by people and organisations in my own city of Bristol. The first thing to say is that the moralistic argument that "the people have spoken" has a rather hollow ring in my city, where a large majority voted to remain in the EU. They have spoken too and they feel that no one in government is listening to them.

1 Mar 2017

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25 - Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: David Chidgey on the effect of Brexit on African trading partners

David Chidgey spelled out some of the consequences of Brexit on our trading partners in Africa. My Lords, from the Prime Minister's 12 point plan, the clear intention is that the UK should be destined to leave the single market and the EU customs union. It does not require too much scrutiny to work that out. That is in order to pursue bilateral trade agreements with faster growing economies outside the EU. In considering this Bill, it is not therefore unreasonable to consider the impact on the economies of the countries with whom we trade within the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific groups and beyond.

1 Mar 2017

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24 - Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Dick Taverne: Dictatorships don’t allow people to change their mind

Dick Taverne looked at the nature of democracy and concluded that the people must be allowed to change their mind. He also spoke about parliamentarians having a duty to speak out against the country taking a disastrous course of action. My Lords, like the noble Lord, Low, who is not in his place at the moment, I want to talk about democracy. I never thought that, one day, speaker after speaker in a Commons debate, on an issue of immense significance for Britain's future, would announce that, although they believed that Brexit would gravely damage our national interests, they would nevertheless vote to leave because the will of the people must be obeyed. They did not say, "Of course, we have to take the decision of the people very seriously, but in the end we have to make up our own minds"; they declared, in effect, that they were not in Parliament to exercise their own judgment but were delegates who had to vote the ticket of populist correctness.

1 Mar 2017

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Tackling Shingles through wider vaccine availability - Lib Dem Question to the Health Minister

SHINGLES CAN BE A HIGHLY DEBILITATING AND DANGEROUS VIRUS IN MY EXPERIENCE

by Alan Bullion

1 Mar 2017

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Last night in the House of Lords an amendment that would keep us in the Single Market was defeated, thanks to an unholy alliance of Labour and Tory Peers.

Last night, Liberal Democrat members of the House of Lords backed a cross-party amendment to keep the UK in the Single Market in the wake of Brexit. Unfortunately, the amendment was defeated by 299 to 136 after the Labour leadership in the Lords failed to support the amendment fighting for membership of the Single Market.

1 Mar 2017

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Labour fail to back Single Market

A cross party amendment to keep Britain in the Single Market was lost yesterday by 299 votes to 136 after Labour Lords who voted were mostly against, and Conservatives turned out in greater numbers. Liberal Democrat leader in the Lords Dick Newby commented.

by Joe Otten

1 Mar 2017

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