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HANSARDWomen’s SafetyMy Lords, is my noble friend convinced that the current rules on indecent exposure go as far as they possibly could? Can he think of a reason why the perpetrator who went on to…08 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am grateful for this opportunity to speak to this little group, which is intended as probing amendments that look to the power to update and the transitional part of the Bill.…08 Mar 2023HANSARDGreen InvestmentI congratulate the Government on the investment in National Savings bonds. Will my noble friend tell us what the level of investment has been and what type of projects have…07 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, this has been a good debate. There is a body of opinion which is strongly opposed to the three clauses subject to the clause stand part notices, two of which are in this…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am delighted that we have reached this group, which concerns restatement powers. The two most radical amendments in this group will probably capture the Committee’s…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI would agree with my noble friend if we knew which bits of REUL were being repealed, which were being revoked and which were being reformed—but, as we speak, we do not. As we…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 104, 115, 116, 122, 124 and 125 in my name, and in support of Amendment 141 in the name of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope. Amendment…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, it has been a lengthy and thorough debate, and I fear it has not gone quite as smoothly as my noble and learned friend the Minister would have wished. I am pleased he…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI have listened very carefully, and there is a fundamental flaw in my noble friend’s argument as it relates to Scotland. Scotland has a mixed legal system. I am a non-practising…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI thank my noble friend the Minister for the letter which we received during the course of this morning. I am slightly concerned that he did not reply to the question on the fact…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, this has been an excellent debate. It reflects not least the concerns of the legal practitioners, who will be left to interpret the status of the laws. But what concerns…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 51, I shall speak also to Amendments 53 and 56. I look forward to hearing from others who are speaking to their amendments in this group: the noble…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 35 in my name. I thank Michael Clancy and everyone at the Law Society of Scotland for helping me prepare for this group of amendments and…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, this is obviously a long group of amendments. In moving Amendment 59, I will speak briefly to Amendment 76 in the name of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope. In…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI have to say that that is a little disappointing as a summing-up. I take responsibility for not giving proper hearing to the amendments in the name of the noble and learned Lord,…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness. My amendments are a little more directly addressed to probing the clarity as regards the date on which the sunset provisions…28 Feb 2023