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HANSARDRural Development (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank my noble friend for bringing forward this little group of statutory instruments. I shall pursue what was raised in Sub-Committee B’s report—the 18th report from…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am a member of the All-Party Group on whisky and food, do receive hospitality, and had dinner with a chocolate company, which was not concerned by what we have discussed today.13 Mar 2019HANSARDEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019And Harrogate Spring Water.13 Mar 2019HANSARDFracking: Planning GuidanceMy Lords, will my noble friend make good the commitment made by my right honourable friend Amber Rudd when she was Energy Secretary that there would be no fracking in or near,…12 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Food Labelling and Food SafetyMy Lords, I am grateful for that Answer. My noble friend will be aware that every 10 years or so, there is a potential food scare—I am thinking of BSE, foot-and-mouth and the…11 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Food Labelling and Food SafetyTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that food labelling enables traceability and for the United Kingdom to participate in the Rapid Alert System for…11 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Henig, and thank her, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, and the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Cambridge, for their…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend for such a comprehensive response. I am sure some in this House will agree that English law has a reputation for excellence, but…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, as I mentioned earlier, since Committee the Government have published the very helpful Implications for Business and Trade of a No Deal Exit on 29 March 2019 .…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade Bill06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, perhaps there is a report from the Constitution Committee that would answer the question I am about to ask, but what is the concept of direct principal European…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy noble friend will be aware that the Secretary of State for Agriculture promised, at the NFU Conference more than two weeks ago, that the tariffs would be published. It would be…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillI have been looking at the continuity agreement reached with the Faroe Islands. I understand that it could potentially result in an implied annual increase in total duties of up…06 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited States: Trade DealMy Lords, will my noble friend join me in ensuring that the US ambassador should be in awe of UK producers and the high standards of animal welfare that they meet? Will she make…06 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on moving this statutory instrument, which I welcome. I have a few questions about it. What has changed since this instrument was…05 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I add my thanks to my noble friend for bringing this statutory instrument before us today. I associate myself entirely with the comments of the noble and learned Lord,…04 Mar 2019HANSARDProduct Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019RAPEX is very similar to the food alert, which I think is called RASFF—the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, knows it by heart. My noble friend just mentioned information that will be…04 Mar 2019HANSARDProduct Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, because we overlapped for at least five years as Members of the European Parliament. The noble Baroness referred to…04 Mar 2019HANSARDDesigns and International Trademarks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Does the Minister think it is clear from the instrument that there is the 21-month discrepancy? He said in moving and introducing the regulations that it was nine months. I picked…04 Mar 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I am delighted that this statutory instrument is being considered as an affirmative one, which is probably all my fault as I wrote to the relevant committee on 1…04 Mar 2019