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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will attempt to update your Lordships’ House on these issues at the time the noble Lord has suggested.19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, the answer to both noble Lords—and I think I said this during my response—is that the amendments are all raising really important issues. There is an issue about the…19 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, the first thing I would say about categorisation, as I hope I have stressed all along, is that data verification services will be required to provide accurate…19 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for their remarks and the questions they have asked today. Of course, we recognise the strong level of interest in this House in this historic trade…14 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsMy Lords, I agree with my noble friend that the Prime Minister has played a brilliant role in all this and got one of the best deals that has been negotiated anywhere around the…14 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsThe noble Lord makes a vital point. It is very much an area where we can have shared benefit. The trade strategy is aimed at achieving long-term, sustainable, inclusive and…14 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsMy understanding is that all issues and opportunities are being explored at the current time, so we are not able to rule anything out. I certainly cannot say that defence will not…14 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsAs the noble Lord says, the WTO rules are still a very important part of our international trade system, and we remain a committed member of the WTO and a keen supporter of the…14 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsMy Lords, my understanding is that this is a trade deal but not a treaty in the normal sense. We are not seeking to change the process of the ratification of any treaty once we…14 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsWell, my Lords, as I just said, Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, and we will all have those benefits together, including Northern Ireland. The noble Lord asked…14 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsMy noble friend makes an important point about the wider consultation that needs to take place and, of course, we take the issue of labour rights and labour representation very…14 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsMy Lords, defence does not form part of the deal we have in front of us today but, as I said, there are a number of other areas where negotiations are continuing and we hope to…14 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsThe noble Lord makes a good point. I will need to check what is already set out in writing. There is a good deal more work to do on the background information that will need to be…14 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsI think that all noble Lords will appreciate that discussions with the US have taken place at pace. Throughout this, Ministers and officials have had significant levels of…14 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsMy Lords, I can confirm that we will maintain our status with all the international obligations that we currently have, including with the most favoured status and the WTO. Both…14 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsYes.14 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, as noble Lords have identified, we are now continuing the important debate on statutory sick pay and specifically to address the impact of these measures on businesses.…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness, but we are not debating Amendment 74A. It is grouped elsewhere.13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, we have had a really good debate on these issues, and I hope that I can do justice to all the questions and points that have been raised. I begin with Amendment 75,…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI suppose the simple answer to that is that it is in the regulatory impact assessment, which the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, acknowledged was one of the things that we got a fair…13 May 2025