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HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019It is that, rather than with anything I have said. I noted that while on Monday there was an insistence from the government Benches that this decision by the European Council…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019My Lords, we on these Benches support this statutory instrument as a necessary measure to prevent confusion and uncertainty, although, as the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, and…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019Does the noble Lord accept that the Prime Minister went to Brussels because the House of Commons, which is accountable to the people, voted for an extension?27 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019I think the noble Lord’s quarrel is with the Prime Minister.27 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Petition to Revoke Article 50 NotificationMy Lords, how can the Government keep parroting that the will of the people is the same as it was three years ago when the electorate has changed, nearly 7 million people…26 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexitI follow people who report their own experience of going to the pharmacist and finding already that they cannot get their supplies. I am sorry, but whatever assurances the…25 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexitMy Lords, I intend to be relatively brief. I hope I will be, not just because it is getting late, or because I have nothing new to say—the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen of…25 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Negotiations after 29 March 2019My Lords, has the Minister seen the latest YouGov poll today, which shows that around six in 10 people are now in favour of remain, so leave is no longer the will of the people?…20 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: No-deal PreparationsFirst, can the Minister tell us why the Government are not pursuing the route they said last week that they would follow, notably in the words of the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr…20 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50 Period Extension ProcedureMy Lords, as I was saying, I think that the Speaker in the other place will tonight be a national hero for stopping this Government prolonging their manipulative games playing and…18 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50 Period Extension ProcedureMy Lords, I think the Speaker in the other place will tonight be a national hero for—18 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the right reverend Prelate makes a good point about the continuity of claims that have already commenced. If memory serves, the law enforcement regulations we were…18 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019My Lords, I add to what my noble friend Lord Paddick said—it is the disjuncture and hypocrisy that upsets us. Of course, this is a one-way continuation of free movement. Many of…18 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, my noble friend Lord Paddick comprehensively covered a point I raised in Grand Committee. He is quite right to say that I fear the Minister did not answer my question,…18 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I will read it. I apologise.12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I do not deny that I have been somewhat distracted by events going on elsewhere—12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Surely the difference that should be measured is between crashing out with no deal and the Government’s hopes for a security partnership, which are rather ambitious or, some might…12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, just what we will lose by not being part of all these EU measures emerges less from the fairly dry Explanatory Memorandum to the measure and more from the Government’s…12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019However, I do not think that the Minister answered my question about other countries.12 Mar 2019HANSARDFurther Developments in Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionMy Lords, I am as bereft of inspiration for novelty of thought as other noble Lords, such as the noble Lord, Lord Armstrong, and the noble Baroness, Lady Crawley, have expressed…11 Mar 2019