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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I support the amendment led by and spoken to by my noble friend Lady Humphreys. I also support the amendment to which the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillOh, has he come back? I am not doing too well. I am getting tired; I expect we all are. Amendment 136 would give Parliament some power over the use of the delay to sunset powers…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI apologise to the Minister, but that is not the point I was asking about. I am no expert on the habitats directive, but a specific clause has been interpreted in case law as…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am sorry to interrupt the Minister but that remark was gratuitous. The point is about legal certainty. It is not about whether we as a party, or anybody else, would have wanted…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIt is a chaotic mess. They are making it up as they go along. We understand that officials are not only still dabbling around desperately trying to find EU law but thinking about…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Deben, and I support every word that he said. I too will react to the letter we got minutes before we started this…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI could not possibly comment on any wriggle room that the Government are giving themselves. However, because there is some justice in what the noble Viscount has said, I still…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillYes, indeed, when is a catalogue not a list? It would be really helpful if the Government could explain that. The noble Lord, Lord Deben, referred to how this is not a…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAbsolutely. George Peretz refers to the bits of an SI that were not made to implement an EU obligation. Do they remain as what he calls “bleeding chunks”, because of the “so far…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI still do not really understand the difference. How can it be authoritative if it is not comprehensive? That mystery will have to live with me for the rest of the day, I suppose.…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am sorry to interrupt the Minister—I know that everyone wants to get to the dinner break—but what kind of regulations is he talking about? For instance, the general data…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillBefore the Minister stands up, he will know that one of the continuing problems in this country is not lack of law but the lack of enforcement. That is very obvious in the sewage…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, Amendment 26 is a paving amendment, so I will speak mainly to the substantive Amendment 48. Much reference was made in the previous two groups to the need for…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I and everybody else wants me to be brief. I was astonished to hear the Minister describe a considered process of consultation and reporting as complex and unnecessary.…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI hope the Minister will forgive me but before she moves on, I want to add to the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman. The Financial Services and Markets Bill is not…23 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Pollution PenaltiesMy Lords, will the urban wastewater treatment directive, which is dear to our hearts, be preserved, assimilated or whatever under the retained EU law Bill?22 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, might understand that there are lots of things that the Liberal Democrat Benches might want to achieve, but, unfortunately, we cannot do…06 Feb 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Improvement Plan 2023I make my regular plea to the Minister—I think he took this point once before—that the term “storm overflows” of raw sewage should be discouraged. It does not happen in storm…06 Feb 2023HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for replying. I am obviously disappointed but not surprised that the Government do not support the Bill, but I am afraid I must dissent from his…03 Feb 2023