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HANSARDCivil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019It may assist the noble Lord if I explain that I am not taking the two instruments together. I am going to speak to them together but they will be moved separately.25 Feb 2019HANSARDCivil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019That the Rules laid before the House on 31 January be approved.25 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: LegislationI would not dare to compare my wisdom with that of my noble friend Lord Callanan, particularly when the arbiter is the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes. We are very clear that we are…20 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: LegislationIf I may correct the noble Baroness, I did not say that any of that legislation was easy; I merely pointed to examples of Bills that have been passed. Yes, the legislation is…20 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: LegislationThe House and the noble Lord are familiar with the mechanisms and procedures that attach to secondary legislation. No one is pretending that this is easy. It is challenging. What…20 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: LegislationThe noble Lord may be surprised to learn that I have a lot of sympathy with what he has said. All government departments are now on red alert to do just that. They realise that…20 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: LegislationMy Lords the progress of all Bills currently before Parliament can be tracked on parliament.uk. We will need to introduce the withdrawal agreement Bill once a deal has been…20 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: LegislationI have known the noble Lord for a long time but I have never known him to be so defeatist. The record to date may not suit him but it is impressive. If we look at primary…20 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Northern Ireland BackstopAs I have already indicated to the noble Lord, Lord Empey, the Government were very clear from the vote about what the House of Commons found worrying and troublesome about the…19 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Northern Ireland BackstopThe Government have been very clear about two things. One is that we respect the integrity of the United Kingdom: we have been very clear that we do not want any form of hard…19 Feb 2019HANSARDAmritsar Massacre: CentenaryMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Loomba, for tabling this timely debate, and recognise and thank him for his long-standing commitment to humanitarian causes in India. I am…19 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Northern Ireland BackstopThe noble Lord raises a very important point. First of all, the Government are utterly committed to supporting the Belfast agreement and all that that stands for. The Government…19 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Northern Ireland BackstopI do not want to be drawn into a labyrinthine analysis of legal niceties. What I can see is that in general law of contract and of agreement between separate legal entities, it is…19 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Northern Ireland BackstopI fear that my answer is bound to disappoint the noble Baroness: I apologise in advance for that. Let me say by way of introduction that the Prime Minister has been very clear…19 Feb 2019HANSARDAmritsar Massacre: CentenaryI hope I have made the current position clear to noble Lords and I hope they will understand that I am unable to go any further. Learning lessons from the past is vital. It is…19 Feb 2019HANSARDAmritsar Massacre: CentenaryI am sorry, I am unable to take any further interventions: I have already lost time and I really want to deal with the contributions, if my noble friend will forgive me. The noble…19 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Northern Ireland BackstopMy Lords, the Prime Minister has set out three ways in which legally binding changes to the backstop could be achieved. First, the backstop could be replaced with alternative…19 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration ProceduresMy Lords, may I invite your Lordships’ co-operation in keeping an eye on the clock? The time limit allocated to Back-Benchers is six minutes. When the clock shows six, time is up,…14 Feb 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillI am so sorry to interrupt. The noble Lords, Lord Morrow and Lord McCrea, would like to apologise to the Chamber: they have to leave for a flight to Northern Ireland; they are…01 Feb 2019HANSARDMilitary Equipment: SalesMy noble friend makes an important point. The Official Secrets Act, as your Lordships will be aware, is a far-reaching piece of legislation designed to protect the national…30 Jan 2019