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HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords who have contributed to the debate, which poses more questions than even I had realised. I have also realised that I have not got a complete handle…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillAs the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, makes clear, there is really no reason why the teaching profession should not be treated the same as legal services. If there is an answer, I…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, it is always somewhat intimidating to follow an introduction such as the one we have just heard from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope. I think I heard him correctly…26 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 1, I welcome that today we are not starting on Part 5 of the Bill, as there are two other major issues which need to be reformed. Indeed, the Bill’s…26 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI am slightly lost on that, but we will come back to it. I thank the Minister for his response and I am grateful for the very interesting debate that has happened. I will say a…26 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill26 Oct 2020HANSARDEU: Visa-free Short-term Travel MobilityMy Lords, the posted workers’ directive particularly helped our travel business, and some 15,000 UK residents are employed in an EU member state. As the Government will not…21 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeI thank the Minister for returning to the Dispatch Box—apparently unbruised by the government defeat of 226—to defend the Statement and Mr Gove’s words in the other place: that,…21 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, while thanking the Minister for opening the debate, we concur totally with the regret expressed by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge. I will, however, leave it to…19 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillThe Bill made parliamentary history by being the first to have a Lords Committee stage in the hybrid Grand Committee, so just in case it makes the Government’s history by being…15 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillI thank the Chief Whip for tabling these Motions, which we undoubtedly support. In fact, we welcome the proper time to discuss the Trade Bill that this allows, prior to Report.…12 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillOne objection to automaticity was that it left a delaying power in the hands of the Government. Given that the Minister has added his name to Amendment 6, thus precluding that…08 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill08 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, we do not need to detain the House on an amendment where everything has been said and has been said by everyone. I simply applaud the Government, as we have just heard,…08 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill08 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, we have heard a Cornish voice that is almost as loud, although obviously not as musical, as the Welsh. Much of this makes perfect sense. Indeed, the issues raised here…08 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillAs I indicated, in moving Amendment 13, I wish to test the opinion of the House.08 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Beith, said, our Constitution Committee accepted the move from parliamentary sign- off to automaticity, but it stressed that this change would…08 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, technically I rise to move Amendment 12, in the name of my noble friend Lord Lennie and the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, but I must say that I will withdraw it at the…08 Oct 2020