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HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Leave out from “that” to the end and insert “this House declines to approve the draft Regulations because they were not subject to consultation or an impact assessment.”20 Feb 2019HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister said that there would be no additional costs to manufacturers. But will there be additional costs to ship owners—that is, to the consumers?20 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Northern Ireland.20 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am guided by the Explanatory Memorandum, which has highlighted this as an impact of these new arrangements.20 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, my submission is that we should not be engaging in a no-deal Brexit in the first place. Let us be clear about the obligations that the Government are now imposing on the…20 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, it is important that the House does not lose its capacity to be shocked by the scale of the dislocation that may be imposed by the Government on the country in one…20 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I did not pick up on this in my reading of the statutory instrument. Did I hear the noble Baroness correctly: that you will require a green card to cross the Irish border? Is that…20 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The noble Baroness is making a very powerful point in respect of compensation for accidents, but there is also a massive bureaucratic issue in respect of insurance here. It is…20 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I now understand the noble and learned Lord’s point, which is to distinguish between the precise provisions of the instrument and the regime that will apply around the matters…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019This is important. Does an international treaty requirement or obligation apply to the United Kingdom? If not—to ask the question again—why have the Government decided to follow…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I had not understood that important distinction. Why, as a matter of policy, are we committing in advance to mimic the AETR rules when we are not committing to mimic any EU rules?…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I want to raise the issue of changes to tachograph rules hereafter, which is critical. Could the Minister explain how that regime will work? What is the legal mechanism…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am sorry to interrupt again, but this is a point that will be picked up outside. Are the AETR rules and the EU rules the same?20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019So there were no changes in the actual impact of criminal offences on the individual, either in terms of the offences or the penalties?20 Feb 2019HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister referred to the regime in respect of tachographs. Paragraph 2.7(a) of the Explanatory Memorandum states that, “this includes amendments to criminal offences in…20 Feb 2019HANSARDRoad Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister referred to a statutory instrument, but the regulation refers to legislation. What is the relationship between the legislation, which is scheduled for mid-2019, so…20 Feb 2019HANSARDRoad Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019But what is the point? Why not simply continue to maintain EU 27 approvals? If we do not intend to diverge, what is the point of this big piece of work?20 Feb 2019HANSARDRoad Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Is there not a more fundamental point, which is that the regulation emphatically does not maintain the status quo? On the contrary, it envisages a completely new type-approval…20 Feb 2019HANSARDRoad Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am very grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. She cited the fact that there would be no formal consultation on this SI, as indeed on any other SI that has come before…20 Feb 2019HANSARDCross-Border Mediation (EU Directive) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019One of the most difficult issues that we grappled with during the passage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill was child abductions and disputes about child custody. I assume…20 Feb 2019