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HANSARDTrade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment of Schedule A2) Order 2024My Lords, I am grateful for the noble Earl’s support for these amendments to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. As I have said, this order will add the…18 Nov 2024HANSARDCollective Investment Schemes (Temporary Recognition) and Central Counterparties (Transitional Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Collective Investment Schemes (Temporary Recognition) and Central Counterparties (Transitional Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.18 Nov 2024HANSARDCollective Investment Schemes (Temporary Recognition) and Central Counterparties (Transitional Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, in moving this order, I shall speak also to the Insurance Distribution (Regulated Activities and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024. The regulations we are…18 Nov 2024HANSARDCollective Investment Schemes (Temporary Recognition) and Central Counterparties (Transitional Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2024I thank both noble Baronesses for their comments. I very much welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, to her new role—I am sure that she will carry it out extremely well.…18 Nov 2024HANSARDCollective Investment Schemes (Temporary Recognition) and Central Counterparties (Transitional Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2024I thank the noble Baroness for that question. I can confirm that it is standard practice for the Treasury to produce de minimis impact assessments—I have got a nod from the team…18 Nov 2024HANSARDInsurance Distribution (Regulated Activities and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Insurance Distribution (Regulated Activities and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024.18 Nov 2024HANSARDRadio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 9 October be approved. Relevant document: 4th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…18 Nov 2024HANSARDFuture of the Post OfficeMy Lords, I also welcome the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, to his new role. I look forward to working with him on the many issues that we will no doubt discuss. I am pleased to have…18 Nov 2024HANSARDFuture of the Post OfficeFirst, I pay tribute to the noble Lord for all the work he has done on this over the years. Nobody knows the challenges better than he does, and I absolutely agree: there is…18 Nov 2024HANSARDFuture of the Post OfficeI pay tribute to my noble friend for his considerable work campaigning on this issue. We all owe him a debt of gratitude for that. He is right that there is a toxic culture from…18 Nov 2024HANSARDFuture of the Post OfficeI reiterate that we are ambitious for the Post Office. No decision has been taken about any potential closures of any post offices. There is a consultation taking place and we are…18 Nov 2024HANSARDFuture of the Post OfficeI hear what the noble Lord says. I reiterate that we absolutely understand the important role that post offices play in their communities in rural areas. We are aware of the role…18 Nov 2024HANSARDFuture of the Post OfficeThe noble Lord is right that we need to look at innovative ways where post offices can be co-located. A lot are already co-located in other retail shops. Those the ones that are…18 Nov 2024HANSARDFuture of the Post OfficeAs I say, it is true that some of the individuals are still there. We await the outcome of the inquiry—it is about to come to an end—before we consider whether any further action…18 Nov 2024HANSARDFuture of the Post OfficeThe Green Paper will enable us to look at all those issues. As I said, we said in our manifesto that one of the options we are considering is mutualisation, which may be a way…18 Nov 2024HANSARDFuture of the Post OfficeI will need to double check that. One of the complications is that there are already four schemes running on different principles. I will need to double check the definitions of…18 Nov 2024HANSARDFuture of the Post OfficeMy Lords, I think we have all learned the lesson from the Horizon scandal that you cannot assume that the computer is always right. I absolutely agree with the noble Lord that we…18 Nov 2024HANSARDFuture of the Post OfficeThe noble Baroness is talking about the Royal Mail service, rather than the Post Office. I know that there are separate discussions with the Royal Mail about the future delivery…18 Nov 2024HANSARDFuture of the Post OfficeThe noble Lord makes a very good point and I hope that that can be included in the Green Paper as one aspect of this. I reiterate that we see a future for community hubs. It may…18 Nov 2024HANSARDListed Investment Companies (Classification etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, on securing this important Second Reading, and thank her for her engagement on this issue so far. The Bill seeks to…15 Nov 2024