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HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am disappointed, unless I have misunderstood, that my noble friend did not reply to the basic question of why we cannot have a 12-month notification of the first plan.…15 Sept 2020HANSARDProfessional Qualifications and Services (Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank my noble friend for presenting the regulations to the Grand Committee. In so far as they go, I welcome them. It is good that we are holding out the hand of…14 Sept 2020HANSARDElectricity and Gas (Internal Markets and Network Codes) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank my noble friend and congratulate him on introducing what appear to be largely technical regulations. I have a couple of questions. My understanding is that the…10 Sept 2020HANSARDInternational TravelMy Lords, I welcome the two changes: introducing airline testing and extending the airline corridors to islands. Can my noble friend help me understand how the excellent work…09 Sept 2020HANSARDINSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I welcome this opportunity and congratulate my noble friend the Minister on introducing the changes today. As these are technical changes, I hope I am permitted to ask some…09 Sept 2020HANSARDRailwaysMy Lords, given the experience of Covid, there will be an element of home-working on a permanent basis. Will my noble friend ensure that the Government will look at more flexible…09 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Blackburn. I welcome them both to the House and look forward to working with…08 Sept 2020HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises: Public Procurement ContractsMy Lords, can I ask my noble friend the Minister what opportunities there will be for small and medium-sized businesses in the food sector to bid for contracts to deliver food to…07 Sept 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, this has been an excellent debate. I associate myself in particular with Amendments 2 and 82 but, like other noble Lords, I support many of the amendments in this group…07 Sept 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness. I associate myself with comments made during this debate by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, the noble Lord, Lord Pannick,…07 Sept 2020HANSARDElectricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I am delighted to speak to the regulations before us this afternoon and I thank the Minister for making such a clear introduction. My questions are not dissimilar to earlier…03 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020My Lords, I have a brief question to put to my noble friend the Minister regarding the consultation on local lockdowns: how, in future, can we strive to avoid the tension that…03 Sept 2020HANSARDEquivalence Determinations for Financial Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for setting out so clearly the ramifications of these technical regulations, as he describes them. I have just a couple of…02 Sept 2020HANSARDGreen Investment FundMy Lords, will my noble friend take this opportunity to examine the damage to the economy, as well as the reduced impact on the environment, of the collapse of the aviation sector…02 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020My Lords, is my noble friend convinced that the guidance he has issued through the local councils is sufficiently clear? Is he convinced that the councils, particularly the public…29 Jul 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020My Lords, my question goes to the independence of the monitor. Will my noble friend and the Government consider requiring a more stringent review by the monitor to support the…29 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill28 Jul 2020HANSARDRussia: TradeMy Lords, can my noble friend explain to the House whether he thinks that the trade deficit with Russia will widen or narrow in the next year? Will he also celebrate with me the…28 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am delighted to open the group of amendments leading off with that in my name and to thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Henig and Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick, and the…28 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for taking us to this point. I do not think he has satisfied the Committee; I will return to that. However, I thank him most…28 Jul 2020