The Rt Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes KG CH

Conservative Member of the House of Lords M

Lord Patten of Barnes's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes KG CH. His name is Christopher Francis Patten, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

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2023-06-26 Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

My Lords, I did not intend to contribute to this debate, but sitting here listening to some of the speeches, not least the wonderful remarks we have just heard, reminded me of what I think was the most difficult period of my life, when I was responsible

2023-05-24 Illegal Migration Bill

I apologise for not taking part in the Second Reading debate on this Bill, but I have made amends by sitting through the entire debate this afternoon. I am sure that, when I reflect on the last few hours, I will realise how much I learned. There are two

2023-02-07 Public Order Bill

I would like to follow what my noble friend just said, or at least the beginning of his remarks following the speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. If the Chinese Communist Party, through its quisling administration in Hong Kong, was introducing l

2022-12-07 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

My Lords, I will speak in support of those observations. I speak at a university that is in receipt of an extraordinary stream of revenue from its academic press. I think it is true to say that it has the largest academic press in the world, which is hug

2022-12-07 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

I will add to the comments of the noble Baroness, and declare an interest as the chancellor of a moderately well-known university. A university does not need legal advice in this case to defend freedom of research or expression; all it has to do is st

2022-10-25 Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

I will not begin by following my noble friend with an autobiographical diversion, but I want to start with what he said at the beginning of his remarks. It is not outwith our experience in this Chamber or elsewhere to begin a speech by saying that everyt

2022-03-08 Nationality and Borders Bill

I support the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and I will be even more brief. It may have been obvious that I have been able to contain my enthusiasm during much of the discussion of this Bill to within the bounds of public decorum, but on this occasion I want to

2022-02-10 Nationality and Borders Bill

I will be very brief in supporting that speech and this amendment, not because I do not feel passionately and strongly about it—I do—but, first, out of a late-evening act of charity to the crowds that are still with us this evening and, secondly, because

2022-02-10 Nationality and Borders Bill

I had not meant to intervene in this debate but, from listening to the remarks of the noble and gallant Lord, I felt obliged to, but briefly. I guess I attended many events in Hong Kong when members of our armed services were marching into an uncertain f

2020-06-04 Hong Kong: Human Rights

My Lords, first of all, several noble Lords have referred to the significance of the date. It would be helpful if the Minister could arrange to put in the Library of the House of Lords the telegram that the late Sir Alan Donald sent on 5 June 1989, which

2020-06-02 Hong Kong

I think my interests are probably well known. To follow up what the noble Lord, Lord Alton, said about an international contact group, the Minister will know that, as the noble Lord said, seven former Foreign Ministers from right across politics have sen

2019-10-24 Hong Kong

My Lords, perhaps I may intervene briefly to make one point to my noble friend. Criticisms have been made of the policing in Hong Kong, but the real problem is that public order policing has been regarded by the Government as a substitute for politics. T

2019-10-24 Hong Kong

I think my interests are all registered, not least the fact that, like my friend the noble Lord, Lord Wilson, I had the privilege of being Governor of Hong Kong for five years, the greatest privilege I have ever had. The joint declaration incorporatin

2019-09-06 European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill

Perhaps I may ask my noble friend one simple question. Why did he leave out of the list of those who run the country Mr Dominic Cummings?

2019-09-05 European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill

May I be, as usual, of assistance to the Minister, help him to develop the strength of his argument and encourage him to be a very brave Minister? Would he like to tell us that the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, Mr Cummings, who has featured quite regu

2019-09-05 European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill

My noble friend knows perfectly well that under WTO rules, and for other reasons as well, if the Republic of Ireland is in a separate customs union from Great Britain, there has to be a border. It is a WTO rule. There is a border and traffic is stopped t

2019-09-05 European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill

The point I continually make is that absolutely everywhere, whether it is in Switzerland and France, Norway and Sweden or the United States and Canada, if one is in a different customs union from one’s neighbour, there is a hard border.

2019-09-05 European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill

My Lords, I had not meant to intervene in this debate—and that is true. Having sat through much of the night, benefiting from the wisdom of my noble friends Lord True and Lord Dobbs while envying my noble friend Lord Forsyth—by then in his sleeper on the

2019-09-05 European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill

Does my noble friend seriously think that the only reason for Franco-German reconciliation after the war, which is at the heart of European peace and building a new Europe out of the moral, economic and political rubble, was the Soviet threat? It might h

2019-09-05 European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill

Perhaps I can encourage my noble friend to help the House on one point. Can he name anywhere in the world where different customs unions share a border, without the sort of hard border which is of concern to everyone? Just name any one. The United States