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HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, we seem to have a serious situation where the Minister has just said that one body of central relevance to these regulations was consulted and my noble friend Lord…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, a situation has arisen where there is a serious difference of view, to put it mildly—14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018A difference of fact, as my noble friend has just said, between the Minister and my noble friend Lord Warner, who has just pointed out to me that paragraphs 1 and 2 of Regulation…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018The noble Lord makes a very good point. The Minister himself played no part in this process. All he can do is read out messages passed to him by officials. I do not hold him…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018In the want of a better solution, I shall recommend to the Government that my noble friend Lord Foulkes should take this on, because on the basis of the debate that we have had so…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for giving way. Does he not think that the best way of maximising transparency, which is a laudable objective that the Grand Committee…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Before the Minister sits down, he has very kindly said that he will write to respond to a number of the points that he has been unable to deal with. Those points are going to be…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, a moment ago the Minister mentioned writing to “appropriate Peers”. I have never before heard a Minister in the House using the phrase “appropriate Peers”, presumably as…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for seeking to define “appropriate”, but I do not think that Members of the Grand Committee think that his definition is adequate. Our job…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Not content.14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Not content.14 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Before the noble Lord sits down —14 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Not content.14 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords—14 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I am grateful to the Minister. He referred to the fees for filing applications, the very large number that will be pending and those which will need to be converted. An issue of…14 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018He has not sat down, in the sense that he is perfectly capable of answering a question before he concludes his remarks. He again has not dealt with the question of consultation,…14 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Before the noble Lord sits down, he has great familiarity with the sector, as does the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles. Does he think there are similar concerns in the sectors…14 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018And trusted.14 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Who are the trusted individuals?14 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationI tried to shorten it for you.09 Jan 2019