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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI know that it is late and we all want to go home, but the Minister does not have to respond only to the amendments tabled. We are in Committee, and I would appreciate it if he…02 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools: ResourcesMy Lords, 98% of the 630 head teachers surveyed by the Association of School and College Leaders said they would have to make savings to meet the rocketing costs of energy, food…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillThe example was good, but I am not sure that it meets the question in my amendment. I would have thought that a Minister would be able to make the regulation as he referred to in…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI think I may be a bit premature; I was going to ask the Minister for an example, but I have a feeling that he was about to give one.31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI will speak briefly to Amendments 10 and 11, which we have tabled because, like the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, we too wanted to highlight concerns about these issues. As I am sure…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillThis has been a much more wide-ranging debate than I had anticipated. I guess we will see a lot of that in Committee, because, as many noble Lords observed, of the fundamental…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI shall speak very briefly because this amendment gives rise to many of the same debates that we have already had this evening. We have tabled Amendments 12 and 15, which would…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI am grateful to the Minister and to others who have contributed to the discussion on this group of amendments. I just gently say to the Minister that we do appreciate and respect…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol Bill31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillJust to correct what the noble Baroness said about my contribution, I did not say that the Bill will not get through; I said that it will not get an easy ride, and I think the…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillNot any more.25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI have been very clear about that. I am surprised by the Minister’s intervention on that point, because in both speeches I have made, and in comments elsewhere, I have been very…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I begin by taking this opportunity to extend the condolences of these Benches—and I am sure of other noble Lords across the House—to the family of Baroness May Blood,…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly; I do not see any point in repeating what other people have said. I added my name to the attempt by the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, to remove…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillAt end insert “but that this House regrets the absence of (1) a response by His Majesty’s Government to the 7th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, (2)…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI have noticed the emphasis that the Minister has placed twice now on the word “implementation”, and I want to understand precisely where he views the problems with the protocol…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI am grateful to the Minister. I note again his rather charming tone, but I am afraid he cannot disguise with a charming tone what is becoming more clearly quite a weak position.…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI understand that my noble friend—if I can call him that—has been lied to repeatedly, but he was lied to by the Government. I gently suggest that his beef ought to be with the…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI start by thanking the Minister for the tone of his response to this debate. I did not anticipate that this stage of our consideration would take quite so long, but I make no…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol Bill25 Oct 2022