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HANSARDTrade BillI am sorry, but I must repeat a point that has been made by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, and others. There are companies doing business that need to be signing contracts today,…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, could I ask the Minister for clarification? Has she just said that she believes that, 10 weeks away from leaving, potentially under a no-deal scenario, the UK Government…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI think the Minister understands that there is a difference. It is often said that this body can hold the Government to account, for example through an affirmative statutory…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am sorry, but I have a question for the Minister—this may be my mistake in not having followed other legislation closely enough. My understanding is that this will have far…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillThe Minister has just said that our public services are not at threat from this agreement or any other, but the United States has been very clear that its two primary objectives…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I want to raise what probably feels like a niche issue from a slightly different angle; it seems relevant when we are talking about amendments dealing with the…21 Jan 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]I will just say from these Benches that we agree.08 Jan 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]I think that there may be a misunderstanding. This would mean that statutory instruments could not be used to create divergence—it does not mean that primary legislation could not…08 Jan 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]I know that we will discuss the sunset clause later. It does not mean that the statutory instruments created under this legislation die after two years, it means only that the…08 Jan 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]We will have amendments discussing equivalence more directly later, but will the Minister confirm that nothing could be done to step away from or undermine equivalence, or does…08 Jan 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I added my name to the amendment because I consider it one of the most important in the range we are addressing today. Two fundamental issues seem to underlie our…08 Jan 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]I am sorry, but the Minister just said that Clause 1(1)(b) allows an interpretation not to remain with the objective described in the European directive. His whole argument under…08 Jan 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]My Lords—08 Jan 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]My Lords, this is genuinely a question of clarification. Is the Minister saying to me—I cannot read it in the language of the Bill—that Clause 1(1)(b), which states: “with any…08 Jan 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]I want to make one very quick comment to add to those of the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey. There is a real danger that the pattern within this Bill becomes a precedent, and that for…08 Jan 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]I say to the noble Lord—and perhaps to clarify for others—that I think there is a real difference regarding the in-flight legislation, which has gone through an extensive European…08 Jan 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have to say to the noble Lord, Lord Deben, that every alarm bell went off in my head when I heard the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, basically argue that this would be a…08 Jan 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]I thought that the noble Lord described naked short selling, which I thought I just defined. Anyway, I am nervous about the idea of policies such as this. There will be enormous…08 Jan 2019