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HANSARDAir Services (Competition) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the services SI is about unfair practices. It allows penalties to be imposed on air carriers guilty of unfair practices against the UK industry. Since these powers have…12 Feb 2019HANSARDAir Passenger Rights and Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Is the noble Lord aware that, in some of the forums that the Department for Transport brought together to discuss EU and Brexit issues, those who took part were required to sign…12 Feb 2019HANSARDAir Passenger Rights and Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I am sure the noble Lord has noted that the Government have conveniently—from their perspective—translated the euro rate of compensation into pounds using the current exchange…12 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Order 2019I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way again. The concept of “resident in another state” is in itself quite old-fashioned. People go to work for six months, three…12 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Order 2019Can the noble Baroness specifically address the issue of people living abroad—there are millions of Britons live abroad—and how they would obtain an IDP, and whether specific…12 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Order 2019My Lords, it is important to start by mentioning that a special report by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee drew attention to deficiencies in the Explanatory Memorandum…12 Feb 2019HANSARDSeaborne FreightMy Lords, we now know that the Government’s own estimate is of an 87% reduction in cross-channel trade for three to six months if there is no deal. Given that the whole point of…11 Feb 2019HANSARDNissan in SunderlandMy Lords, the Government recently removed and reduced some of the grants for those buying hybrid and electric cars. Since then, sales of those vehicles have been very sluggish.…05 Feb 2019HANSARDOrgan Donation (Deemed Consent) BillThe Minister has given a list of organisations that she will be working with but I have not heard the word “schools”. The noble Lord made a good point about young people coming up…01 Feb 2019HANSARDOrgan Donation (Deemed Consent) BillMy Lords, I want to make it clear that I oppose firmly Amendment 1. I believe that it fatally undermines the concept of deemed consent and ignores the processes that will be put…01 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I start by craving the indulgence of the Committee and offering an apology for the fact that I missed the start of the speech of the noble Lord, Lord McNichol. I was…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: ConsultationMy Lords, Gatwick and Heathrow are now purchasing equipment to combat drones, but it is very expensive. Does the Minister believe that all airports have to equip themselves with…29 Jan 2019HANSARDShip Recycling (Facilities and Requirements for Hazardous Materials on Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I appreciate the Minister’s attempts to reassure us. I ask her to go back and look at paragraph 7.3 yet again to see whether the Explanatory Memorandum needs to be recast, because…29 Jan 2019HANSARDShip Recycling (Facilities and Requirements for Hazardous Materials on Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I seek an assurance from the Minister. I promised her after our discussion in the Moses Room that I would look at Hansard carefully to see what she had said in response…29 Jan 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities: Essential ServicesMy Lords, I am slightly intimidated to be standing here between my two noble friends, given their distinguished record in local government. After 18 years as a local councillor in…24 Jan 2019HANSARDRailways: ReliabilityMy Lords, this is a specific example, but one of many that have been brought to my notice. In the three months leading up to Christmas, Southern Rail cancelled the Wallington to…23 Jan 2019HANSARDMerchant Shipping and Other Transport (Environmental Protection) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, we have been getting on rather swimmingly with these SIs, but I regret to say that I have rather more to say about these two, particularly the ship recycling…23 Jan 2019HANSARDMerchant Shipping and Other Transport (Environmental Protection) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I thank the noble Baroness for her comments. I will read what she has said very carefully but I remain concerned and I think I should warn her that I might raise these issues…23 Jan 2019HANSARDShip and Port Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I thank the Minister for her explanation. The EU regulations behind this provide a standardised regime of protective security for port facilities and the surrounding area, and…23 Jan 2019HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Recognised Organisations) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, these regulations involve ship inspections. The four sets of regulations this afternoon will lead me to repeat myself on a couple of occasions because the same themes…23 Jan 2019