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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillEven the support there has been has been heavily caveated, and it has hardly been what you could describe as overwhelming and unquestioning support. I would say it has been very…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I have been looking forward to this group of amendments because I thought that this might be the moment when we got to the nuts and bolts of how this is all going to…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI think the Minister was about to sit down, but he kindly invited me to respond so I will. I think that is the problem. He must surely understand that we anticipate this leading…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillBut why are we asking courts to ask themselves that question?06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillCould the Minister speak louder?06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThis clause has got to the guts of the Bill. It is a real mistake for the Government to be quite so certain in their position on this and to not give even the slightest indication…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am happy to briefly introduce Amendment 112 on behalf of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh. It is a pleasure and I thank her for inviting me to do so. Amendment 112…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am looking at the same clause as the noble Lord, Lord Kerr. He asked about new subsection (5) (c). I shall ask the Minister about new subsection (5ZA)(a), in which the courts…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWe keep being told that there is not going to be consultation or legislative consent, and that the Food Standards Agency would of course be mindful of what the Government have to…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, in particular, for her speech. She said a lot of the things that I was going to say, and noble Lords should all be…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI was not referring to the proper development of domestic law on this occasion. At the top of page 6, we seem to be asking courts to consider the extent to which EU case law…06 Mar 2023HANSARDEmployment (Allocation of Tips) BillMy Lords, it is a real pleasure to contribute to this debate and to follow very well-informed contributions, based on experience. I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Robathan,…03 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords—02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, this is a complete mess. I have listened very carefully to everything that has been said, and I could not identify a speech with which I disagreed. There are two…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe Ministers are saying that it is one search method, but that was the example given to us when we probed this at the roundtable meeting. That was the choice made by Ministers’…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWill the noble Baroness point us to where in the Bill we can find the definition of a category?02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe Minister is answering a different question.02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am sorry, but my understanding is that there is not a limit on the number of interventions the Minister can take. Progress would probably be better if we had a better Bill in…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I follow the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, which was incredibly helpful and really got to the heart of what this group of amendments seeks to do. I could…02 Mar 2023