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HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Third sitting)I will take that in the good manner that it was meant. Thank you, Mr Pritchard. I speak to amendments 5, 7, 20 and 22 for three main reasons: first, because we heard evidence of…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)The Minister is quite right to mention that those two systems are different. Norway operates a dualist system for international treaty agreements in the same way that we do. It…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Third sitting)Well, I can go and look at my notes and see if they said that procurement was a particular problem. Their concern was that they were presented with a faits accomplis time and time…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)rose—18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Third sitting)I do not think that even the most foresighted Labour politician would expect the rules that they designed 100 years ago to still be in operation today. Even if I managed to get…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)Will the Minister give way on that point?18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Third sitting)Is not the big problem—my hon. Friend rightly pointed this out earlier, but the Minister did not really reflect on it—that we are giving away negotiating elements for future…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)Q The Bill allows the Secretary of State to make regulations when they wish, not necessarily when required. That gives them a bit more scope and does not require them to lay the…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)But a requirement for the Secretary of State to consult before regulations are made might be useful. Lucy Monks: Yes.12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)William and Andy, do you have any views on this? William Bain: The maximum consultation with business and other stakeholders is important when important regulatory changes are…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)Q Do those things need to be on the face of the Bill? In respect of a requirement for the Secretary of State to have consulted business and industry beforehand and to have given a…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)Thank you.12 Oct 2022HANSARD Trade Deals: Parliamentary ScrutinyWill the hon. Gentleman give way?12 Oct 2022HANSARD Trade Deals: Parliamentary ScrutinyThe hon. Gentleman and I sit on the International Trade Committee, and he is making a very good defence of the Government’s work. We heard in the Trade (Australia and New Zealand)…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Trade Deals: Parliamentary ScrutinyI hope that this is an opportunity to reset our relationship. It is no secret that the relationship between the International Trade Committee and the previous Secretary of State,…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Trade Deals: Parliamentary ScrutinyNone of this is new or not on the record. I think I have been even franker to the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed to her face in Committee meetings, including about her…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Trade Deals: Parliamentary ScrutinyNo, I think their advice to her was bad. That is my honest feeling. It was not good advice on how she should conduct her relationship with the Committee. It does not need to be…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Trade Deals: Parliamentary ScrutinyWhat I should have said is that the Secretary of State hid behind her officials, claiming that it was their advice that she was following. I hope that that was not the case and I…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Second sitting)Q Nick, you mentioned some carve-outs around procurement on environmental grounds, but we know from the Government’s numbers, which I challenged on the International Trade…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)Q So you are not in favour of any changes to the Bill or the trade agreement that would give those protections from day one? You think these things can be worked out as we go…12 Oct 2022