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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI do not think the Minister referred to my Amendment 43. Can he do that before he sits down?02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAmendment 43 puts a safety net around measures that may be lost because they were not identified by the Government. The situation that the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, identified sounds…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) 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 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) BillThe Minister is answering a different question.02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords—02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I thought the Bill was bad, but this debate has been quite shocking. I really do not think the Government know what they are doing with these clauses. I do not think…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am sorry, but the letter clearly says that the interpretive effects are not going to be kept, hence why we are asking this question now.28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI was quite happy not to speak in this debate. I did not table an amendment. I would like to have spoken to amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering,…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillPerhaps I can assist the Minister. We had an informative round table yesterday, convened by the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, where we were told that the methodology involved going…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillNo.28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI agree that we need to get to specifics here and that progress is important, but I think that the Minister actually getting some answers for us is probably more important at this…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI very much accept that. It might be that we want to discuss later in the Bill whether or not any of the issues that devolved Administrations have a view on, or have…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am just curious. What decision process resulted in financial services being dealt with in a different way from everything else? It would help us if we could understand that.23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillOne word.23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am starting to wish we had degrouped this debate, because there were so many issues that, really, it was two or three debates rolled into one. It would maybe have been…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMinister, this is all news to us. Where will the detail be found on this? Why is a Minister suddenly popping up and saying these things now? The Bill specifically prevents the…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am sorry, but the Minister just said that the Health and Safety Executive is going to use the introduction of this Bill to conduct a review. This Bill specifically prevents the…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillBefore the Minister responds—I may be taking advantage here—the Health and Safety Executive is an agency that is able to impose sanctions. However, under this Bill, under whose…23 Feb 2023