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HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI do, absolutely, but I was referring particularly to experts. I will try not to offend my colleagues now, but many of those experts do not sit on my Benches yet are absolutely in…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, there are two parts to what we have been talking about. One is about the mandate and the other is about oversight of the ongoing negotiations. As I think has just been…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillDoes the Minister agree that he did not actually cover the negotiations but covered only why that requirement was no longer needed? He did not touch on the negotiations at all.15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, at Second Reading I mentioned my “I told you so” speech that I have already prepared for when the Government have to come back and seek some additional time to negotiate…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, Amendment 27 stands in my name and that of the noble Lords, Lord Wallace, Lord Hannay and Lord Bowness. I will also speak to Amendment 28, which is in almost the same…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, the Minister—the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, who is now not in her place—spoke earlier about our seeking reciprocity with regard to children. I assume that the same…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, following not just yesterday’s speeches, but those today from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, my noble friends Lord Howarth, Lord Griffiths, Lord Murphy and…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, I too am not a lawyer, and I will not even attempt to add to the legal arguments, which have been so well set out by the noble and learned Lords, Lord Woolf, Lord Judge,…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe Minister says that this will be done under the affirmative procedure. Should that come here, we have always had the right to negate such an order. However, should this House…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillGiven that the Minister has not answered my noble friend’s question and given that there is a sunset clause on this, there must be something ready to go. Can he not explain what…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, given that the existing law has now been in place since 2018 and all that time could have been used for this consultation, why has this suddenly gone in now with the…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am afraid that that does not answer the points noble Lords have made. It is not so much that the powers are needed for Northern Ireland, but there should be restrictions on…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI think we have got here earlier than some other noble Lords anticipated, which is why I may be speaking a bit slowly. They still have not arrived, so I give in—no, it is all…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI think that what we are urging is: can we look at this and can we not get hung up on “We don’t want any amendments to this Bill”? If it were a government amendment, it could get…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI welcome the noble Lord, Lord Bethell, to the Bill; I assume that this is only the first of his outings on it. I thank my noble friend Lord Howarth, the noble Lord, Lord Kerr,…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillAmendment 11 concerns a sunset clause and deals with one of the most crucial aspects of the Bill as it affects EU and UK citizens: the implementation of the guarantee that all…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, today will be a bit like a wedding, where brides are encouraged to wear something old and something new for luck. Today we have the return of that old double act, the…13 Jan 2020