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HANSARDAgricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. Relevant document: 33rd Report from the Secondary…30 Nov 2020HANSARDAgricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I hope it will be useful to your Lordships if I speak to both the Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 and the Food…30 Nov 2020HANSARDAgricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate. There were a large number of questions, and in the 10 minutes allotted I shall try to get through as many as I can. If…30 Nov 2020HANSARDHydrogen SectorI think I have answered the bit of the noble Lord’s question about what we are doing to stimulate private investment. The Government are reluctant to set targets for the split…30 Nov 2020HANSARDHydrogen SectorMy noble friend speaks with great authority on this point. He is right that various modes of transport are already able to use hydrogen fuel cells to provide zero emissions at the…30 Nov 2020HANSARDHydrogen SectorI do agree with the noble Lord. He is right that proving the safety case through rigorous testing and trials is critical to the success of any new technology or fuel source. That…30 Nov 2020HANSARDHydrogen SectorThe ambitious figures propounded by other EU countries which the noble Lord mentioned often have no actual policy underpinning. The point of the 10-point plan, and of the hydrogen…30 Nov 2020HANSARDHydrogen SectorMy Lords, the noble Baroness is right to point out the progress that we have made on buses. The Government have supported the use of a range of low-carbon bus technologies,…30 Nov 2020HANSARDHydrogen SectorMy Lords, we have announced that, working with industry, the Government are aiming for 5 gigawatts of low-carbon hydrogen production capacity in the UK by 2030—a clear signal of…30 Nov 2020HANSARDHydrogen SectorI cannot answer that question in specific terms. All I can say is that the money being invested in apprenticeship programmes across industry will help to develop that. If I can…30 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I regret that I do not believe that the noble Lord, Lord Flight, was here for the start of the debate and, therefore, cannot speak. His name has already been called.25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillWe are talking about semantics here. We are trying to be clear that who we intend to exclude from this provision are school teachers working in a school environment, whether or…23 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I will start with some of those questions, particularly because there was a common theme from the noble Lords, Lord Purvis and Lord German, and the noble Baroness, Lady…23 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI will of course be delighted to do that and I will take the point back to the department.23 Nov 2020HANSARDTowns FundI am afraid we cannot hear you well enough; your diction is very indistinct. If you could sit forward a bit, that would be very helpful.19 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, there has been much debate on the challenges posed by devolution in previous stages of the Bill, and the amendments made for the devolved Administrations in the other…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, noble Lords will be aware that we have worked closely with the devolved Administrations in the development of the Bill. This has led to various requests from them for…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBlood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Bethell, and with the leave of the House, I beg to move the four Motions standing in his name on the Order Paper en bloc.10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, and with the leave of the House, I beg to move the three Motions standing in his name on the Order Paper en…10 Nov 2020HANSARDElectricity (Risk-Preparedness) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, on 31 December 2020, when the transition period ends, direct EU legislation such as this, which forms part of the legal framework governing our energy markets, will be…03 Nov 2020