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HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, there is a genuine difference of legal opinion here. My proposal is that we reflect on this and have a meeting, if your Lordships are content to do that, because we have…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillThere will be other opportunities; perhaps we could have a meeting before the second day on Report.06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillI have heard a very well-argued case—the first time I have heard the impact of that case. I can commit to writing a detailed letter on our position, having a meeting and bringing…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade 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, this House has debated many issues during the passage of the Trade Bill, none more important than the scrutiny of future free trade agreements. That was the subject of…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillThat the Report be now received.06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, and I agree with that position.06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, with the indulgence of the House I should like to welcome the start of Report. A number of points were made on the preceding Motion, but I believe that they will be…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillAs the noble Lord will be aware, the Government’s aim is to achieve a deal. As this House will also be aware, we seek to achieve some important agreements on or before 12 March.…06 Mar 2019HANSARDYemen: UK Arms Sales to Saudi ArabiaI can assure the House that we are taking this extremely seriously: this is a really significant issue. In terms of the information and assessments we use, we regularly look at…20 Feb 2019HANSARDYemen: UK Arms Sales to Saudi ArabiaI thank my noble friend for that question and for chairing the committee. It is, as the Secretary-General of the UN has said, one of the worst humanitarian crises. We keep export…20 Feb 2019HANSARDYemen: UK Arms Sales to Saudi ArabiaMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord that this is a very finely balanced decision; there are respectable arguments on both sides. The Government remain confident that we are…20 Feb 2019HANSARDYemen: UK Arms Sales to Saudi ArabiaMy Lords, we welcome the House of Lords International Relations Committee’s report on Yemen, and thank the committee for engaging on this hugely important issue. The UK is doing…20 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade AgreementsMy Lords, in terms of tariff-setting, there are the powers under the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill. With regard to the Faroe Islands, I think that the figure of 0% has been…14 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade AgreementsI can only say to the noble Lord that we will remain the fifth-largest trading nation in the world. Third countries are very keen to work with us and to have access to our…14 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade AgreementsMy Lords, I can only repeat the Statement from my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Trade. The update will be given shortly—as he said, in the…14 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade AgreementsI thank the noble Lord. I think I heard two questions there. First, he asked whether it is true that if, as is the Government’s priority, we leave with a deal—that is, with a…14 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade AgreementsMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer given to an Urgent Question in the other place by my right honourable friend the…14 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am grateful for that clarification, but that is one example that was just plucked out and it has a clear statutory requirement. On the basis of the information I have given and…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am delighted to allow the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, to realise his ambition, but I also agree with the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, that this is important. Therefore, no…04 Feb 2019