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HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Henig, for tabling Amendment 5. It gives the House an opportunity to revisit the issue of how the Government will update Parliament on…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, the chosen words of the Government are “outline approach”. On the noble Lord’s point, the ability to have objectives in that outline approach and the ability for both…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillI hope I have addressed that. Should no deal appear to be what is happening, they will be published. We are focusing very much on achieving a deal, so we do not feel that this is…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade Bill06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, the engagement we have with civic society, businesses and trade unions will be critical as we develop our future trade agreements, and we will continue those…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, for tabling this amendment. I will make some statements about why we are much more supportive of ISDSs and these dispute…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, as this amendment touches on the GPA, I inform the House that the UK has formally received an invitation to accede to the GPA. This was agreed by the GPA committee at a…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade Bill06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, the concept of retained direct principal EU legislation is that of EU legislation that will come into UK law upon leaving the EU. This amendment will make a…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I do not want to go into the world of semantics, but the preferred term is “outline approach”. The objectives will be the objectives set, which will be scrutinised in…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade Bill06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, this group includes Amendments 6 and 7. With the indulgence of the House, I shall speak now to Amendment 6, and then respond to Amendment 7 when my noble friend Lady…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy understanding is that we have a clear legal position which is strongly believed, and the meeting would be to see whether we can reach a mutual agreement.06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, as I tried to explain, the Motions laid by the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, will be dealt with in the usual way. We look forward to those further discussions taking place.06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe for Amendment 7, which brings reporting on future FTAs into scope, and her support for Amendment 6. The engagement I have had…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, and the noble Lords, Lord Pannick and Lord Beith, for tabling this amendment and for highlighting what is clearly an area…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I will come to that point later, which relates to the question that the noble Lord, Lord Hannay of Chiswick, raised on whether these matters should be on the face of the…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, we have had very fruitful discussions and come quite a long way on this point. All I can say is that I would be happy to discuss it further but I cannot guarantee to…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am happy to confirm that that is the case.06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, for tabling this amendment. I fear, however, that I may not be able to give it the wholehearted support that he wants, because it…06 Mar 2019