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HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, in moving these regulations, I will speak to the three statutory instruments that are part of the Government’s package to prepare for the possibility of the UK leaving…26 Mar 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The noble Lord may not have been present for a rather fascinating debate on Pepper v Hart, which took place on another Bill recently—the Trade Bill, I think—and my noble friend…26 Mar 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The reality is that we would prefer them to have an EORI registration number. It is a fairly straightforward process that takes five to 10 minutes. But we are talking about…26 Mar 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am advised that the customs declarations service does have the capacity to process significantly more. I do not have a number. When I write on the other issues, I will include…26 Mar 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am afraid that I cannot go further than what I have in front of me, but I will happily put an assessment of that question in writing. Of course the situation as it stands today…26 Mar 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The answer is 52,000. I beg to move.26 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 25 February be approved. Relevant document: 19th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Sub-Committee A ).21 Mar 2019HANSARDSibling CouplesOn the point of justice, that was tested, rightly, in the courts. The Burden sisters took their case to the European Court of Human Rights in 2008, and it did not find that there…21 Mar 2019HANSARDSibling CouplesI am grateful for the noble Lord’s support on this.21 Mar 2019HANSARDSibling CouplesMy noble friend makes his point. His point on the loan charge was debated here last night, when he and his representations were mentioned in dispatches by my noble friend Lord…21 Mar 2019HANSARDSibling CouplesI am happy to do that. The standard response of all Treasury Ministers is to say that government policy in this area of tax is constantly under review. That has a particular…21 Mar 2019HANSARDSibling CouplesMy noble friend makes a persuasive case. I appreciate the meeting we had in December, to which he also brought Catherine Utley. It persuaded me that this needed to be looked at…21 Mar 2019HANSARDSibling CouplesThere would be a tax consequence, because the spousal transfer in inheritance tax costs the Treasury some £2.5 billion per year. To extend the scope of that would involve a…21 Mar 2019HANSARDSibling CouplesMy Lords, as the nature of relationships between married couples and those in civil partnerships is different from that of cohabiting siblings, the same legal and fiscal…21 Mar 2019HANSARDElectronic Commerce and Solvency 2 (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 25 February be approved.21 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I was just coming to that precise point, because the noble Baroness raises a serious point which is worthy and very important for us to look into further. I undertake to do that…21 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, as this instrument is grouped, with the leave of the House, I shall speak also to the draft Electronic Commerce and Solvency 2 (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations…21 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their scrutiny and questions on these points. I shall do this in reverse order because I am waiting for a little further…21 Mar 2019HANSARDSpring StatementI am sorry—delete “even” from the record. The right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chester, whose point about housing I will come back to in a minute, referred to it. The noble…20 Mar 2019HANSARDSpring StatementMy Lords, the Chancellor gave his Spring Statement last week which showed that the economy remains robust, despite lingering uncertainty around Brexit. It has grown for nine…20 Mar 2019