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HANSARDBrexit: Article 50I thank my noble friend for the Answer. Both he and I have been Members of the European Parliament, and I understand that the elections to it this year are used as an argument not…05 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to pause the Article 50 process.05 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillTo clarify, my concern is about British companies establishing their services in what will be a third country, another EU country. I would be happy for my noble friend to write to…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I follow the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, in pursuing the aspect of services, and I have a specific question for my noble friend Lord Bates, who I think will be summing up.…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillThis is a new procedure, but presumably it is open to an individual Member of your Lordships’ House to intervene to say that they do not agree with the negative procedure and…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am most grateful to the Minister for her full response. Picking up the mood of the Committee, I think there are a number of issues here on all sides that were reflected in the…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 101A and, without rehearsing the points, I entirely endorse what the noble Baroness, Lady Brown, and the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, said in…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am grateful to the noble Lord and will be content as long as my noble friend the Minister can answer my specific questions. My only concern is that they do not get lost in the…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillIt will be hard, but I do not think we can let the matter go. That is why Amendment 101A should be on the Marshalled List and not consigned to room 101.04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am grateful for this opportunity to debate whether Clause 9 and Schedule 4 should stand part of the Bill. I just want to raise one or two points that, as my noble…04 Feb 2019HANSARDDefence Safety Fire Authority: Fire Safety ReviewMy Lords, would this be a case of the defence fire safety establishment benefiting from training in this regard? I commend the work of what used to be called the Civil…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester—on what I think might be his birthday—on moving the amendment. I repeat my concerns relating to the earlier group of amendments,…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 63 in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Dykes and Lord Browne of Ladyton. I thank them for lending their support to the amendment,…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord McNicol, on taking his place and on his performance today. Given his history, I am sure that negotiating procedures in…30 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I rise to ask a question and I am grateful to my noble and learned friend Lord Keen for setting the scene. A theme seems to be developing in relation to practitioners…29 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: EU Free Trade AgreementsMy Lords, will my noble friend respond to the question put both yesterday and this morning by the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, on what the tariffs will actually be, so that we can…24 Jan 2019HANSARDShop Workers: ProtectionMy Lords, my noble friend will be aware that under the Licensing Act, the Home Office is consulting on a call for evidence to stop abuse against coffee shop workers and those…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, following the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, in moving this amendment, I would like to put a specific question to the Minister. In doing so, I declare that…23 Jan 2019HANSARDAlternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I should like to make one point before my noble friend replies. I had great difficulty in attending the debate on these statutory instruments last week. For two weeks…22 Jan 2019HANSARDFloods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank my noble friend for introducing so eloquently and thoroughly the statutory instrument before us. Probably the most relevant of my interests is that I work with…22 Jan 2019