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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, while it is in my mind, I am not sure the Minister answered my noble friend Lady Brinton’s question, which was, in citing the Delegated Powers Committee report, to ask…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAnd his notes, indeed, although any use I make of them is entirely down to me. I want to start by reflecting that in the last group, the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, who is no…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 85 and 88, as a co-signatory of both those amendments, led by the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, who unfortunately cannot be here…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I will move the Motion, in the name of my noble friend Lord Fox, that Clause 10 do not stand part of the Bill. I am relying on the persuasive report of the Delegated…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI just wanted to say to the noble Baroness—and I probably will not go into lawmaking in the EU, as the noble Baroness was an MEP herself—that to say that lawmaking in Brussels is…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, we have heard some excellent contributions in this debate, not least the latest one from the noble Baroness, Lady O’Grady, and those of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, and…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI trust the courts; clearly, the noble Lord does not. I believe that the courts do know what they are doing, and that we have an extremely experienced and valuable judiciary. That…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI apologise if I am interrupting the Minister before he has finished; I think he is replying to Amendments 85 and 88, although he did not specifically refer to them. He dismisses…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIf I may be permitted to finish, I have now had three interventions from the Government Front Bench, which of course have lengthened this intervention. I ask the Minister please…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe noble Viscount is absolutely right, and I agreed with every word of his earlier contribution. What the amendments do, instead having of a one-way impetus to the judges, is to…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillYes, I am getting to it. I want an explanation. I said the Minister’s reply was “puzzling” but, if I may say so, I want to say “contradictory” and “does not add up”. I want to…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I will speak to the proposal that Clause 12 should not stand part, which is in my name and those of my noble friend Lord Fox and the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman. I will…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMay I finish?06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 68 I will speak to Amendments 69 and 69A in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman. I will take a little while; I know we want to make progress…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I would like to speak to Amendment 62, on which I welcome the support of the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich. I will also mention Amendment 67, which is about…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I rise to give a few words of support to the amendments in this group, particularly those led by my noble friends Lady Humphreys and Lady Randerson. To pick up the…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am pleased that everybody who has spoken in this debate is pulling in the same direction, which is an effort to rescue the Government from themselves. It is not only…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI entirely agree with the noble Lord.02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillBefore the Minister replies, I add that what the Minister is saying now directly contradicts the letter we had the other day from the noble Baroness, Lady Bloomfield, which we…02 Mar 2023