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HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 15 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Purvis of Tweed. It is in essence very similar to Amendment 19 in the name of the noble Lord,…15 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade Bill15 Dec 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillMy Lords, I very much support the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, in coming back on Report to the issue of confidentiality agreements, more commonly referred to as NDAs. Thanks to more…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I join the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, in utter frustration. The Luxembourg Rail Protocol was adopted at a diplomatic…07 Dec 2020HANSARDSpending Review 2020My Lords, the OBR’s central scenario anticipates a contraction in the economy this year of 11.3% due to Covid, leading to a permanent economic scarring of 3%. Public sector net…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCustoms Safety, Security and Economic Operators Registration and Identification (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, my colleagues and I do not object to this SI. Given how little prepared this country is to cope with imports from the EU into the UK, the six-month delay in requiring…19 Nov 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) BillThank you. I would very much like to take up the Minister’s offer of a meeting with the HS2 Minister, Mr Stephenson. That would be extremely helpful. I hope she might have the…12 Nov 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) BillMy Lords, I think I will have to disappoint at least three Members of the Committee. First, the work on NDAs, which is an area that does exercise me a great deal, is being carried…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFuture of Financial ServicesMy Lords, I declare my interests as listed in the register. I agree with the Chancellor that financial services are fundamental to Britain’s economic strength. However, I…11 Nov 2020HANSARDBank Recovery and Resolution (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I recognise that this group of SIs largely deals with transposition, technical and in-flight issues, and therefore we do not intend to oppose them. I have questions,…10 Nov 2020HANSARDJonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreMy Lords, I am shocked by the line in the Government’s response that says we have no evidence that this arrest is linked to Mr Taylor’s whistleblowing on corruption. Employers…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateMy Lords, last week the Minister was not a bit keen on my call for an extension of the 80% furlough scheme to June. Now it looks as though I will get that until at least April,…10 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Economic SupportMy Lords, the Minister did not answer the question on the 3 million people excluded, who are largely self-employed and just seemed too complicated to deal with last spring but…04 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economy UpdateMy Lords, this feels like déjà vu. Once again, the Government are forced to revise and increase their support for businesses. We need them to give up their bravado and recognise…27 Oct 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2020My Lords, this statutory instrument could have been an opportunity to correct some of the flaws of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act. The most notable flaw is the scope…27 Oct 2020HANSARDVAT Retail Export SchemeMy Lords, this is kicking an industry when it is already down. As the Minister knows, there is great dispute over the numbers that the Treasury is working on and over the impact…20 Oct 2020HANSARDPublic Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportMy Lords, the Chancellor’s Job Support Scheme simply is not sufficient to protect jobs or businesses in the reality of the Covid second wave that we face today. It is also less…15 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I drafted Amendment 109 essentially in reaction to Amendment 106 proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, which would require the group of non-executive directors of…15 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I join the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, my noble friend Lady Bowles and the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, in favouring transparency, in particular for its salutary effect on…15 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, under the Bill, the UK’s current Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate, part of the Department for International Trade, will be replaced at the end of transition by…13 Oct 2020