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HANSARDDefence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the noble Baroness has asked a number of pertinent questions. I hesitate to intervene in this area, because this is the first time I have ever made any remarks in the…04 Feb 2019HANSARDPublic Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Is the noble Earl saying that to advertise in the O fficial J ournal of the E uropean Union you are required to be an EU member? Could he say—or follow up in writing…04 Feb 2019HANSARDPublic Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I raised the issue of state aid.04 Feb 2019HANSARDPublic Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I will begin by asking the noble Earl some specific questions, and then make some wider remarks. First, what status would British public procurement contracts have in…04 Feb 2019HANSARDDefence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019What is the PCR?04 Feb 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, if the noble Lord will forgive me, both he and the noble Lord, Lord Beith, have referred to the first sentence of paragraph 12.1, which I think is highly misleading to…29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is a very helpful elucidation, because I thought that it might be litigation that took place on a satellite.29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the only noble Lord who has not been prepared to take interventions is the Minister; it is unprecedented in my experience of Grand Committees. It is a straightforward…29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My noble friend makes a very powerful point. Paragraph 10 of the Explanatory Memorandum says on consultation: “A formal consultation on these legislative amendments has not been…29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I did not understand the concept. There are more absurd things. Given that the Government are now preparing for martial law, we are told, if there is a no-deal Brexit, litigating…29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019So why does it say that they are not applicable? These issues are significant. The final issue in the debate, to which I hope the noble and learned Lord will respond, was raised…29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I take the noble Lord’s point. Is he saying that he believes that they are applicable?29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am happy to take an intervention from the noble and learned Lord, even though he was not prepared to take one from me. I will speak later in the debate but I just want to put on…29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is extremely disrespectful to the Committee, if I may say so, because now there is no other way for us to ask the Minister questions before he responds at the end of the…29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister said that he would not take interventions.29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, before the Minister sits down—29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords—29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019In different jurisdictions?29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, that is a completely inappropriate intervention. My noble friend was not present at the beginning of the debate because he was in the Chamber debating no-deal…29 Jan 2019HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the noble Lord is making an extremely powerful case. For those of us who are not lawyers and are struggling to understand precisely what we are losing as a result of…29 Jan 2019