Member

I ask noble Lords here to ask themselves whether they would allow this to happen in their own areas. Would they have allowed their constituency, region or part of the United Kingdom to be split away from the rest of the United Kingdom? I then ask them to ask themselves why this was allowed by the previous Government and, sadly, now by this Government. No matter what they say about resets, they will not change this. So we will come back time after time. This will not go away; it will get much worse. I genuinely believe that noble Lords have to examine their conscience on this and ask themselves whether they are acting in the interests of the United Kingdom or of another independent country and the European Union. I very much welcome the opportunity to debate this. If the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, chooses to push this to a vote, I will of course support him.