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HANSARDFinancial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, as this instrument is grouped, I will speak also to the draft Gibraltar (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. As with the previous instruments we have…05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 22 January be approved.05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019To give the level of clarity that the noble Lord seeks, I may have to write to him on that point and copy the letter to others. As I stated earlier, that is our intention. I was…05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Regulators’ Powers (Technical Standards etc.) and Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 29 January be approved. Relevant document: 16th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Sub-Committee B)…05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Distance Marketing) (Amendment and Savings Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I touched on that in my introductory speech and said how they would be treated. I could do a good follow-up letter on dispute resolution, consumer protection and seeking redress…05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Distance Marketing) (Amendment and Savings Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, having spent the past six months with the noble Lord in Grand Committee and here, I can assure him that the last thing I would ever attempt to do is to try to smuggle…05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Distance Marketing) (Amendment and Savings Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, as this instrument is grouped, I will also speak to the draft Mortgage Credit (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the draft Financial Regulators’ Powers…05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Distance Marketing) (Amendment and Savings Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 28 January be approved.05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank my noble friend. Similarly, we want to ensure that UK financial services have access to the Gibraltar market as well. The noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, commented on the…05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a very close relationship. How would Gibraltar react to the deliberations in this House? I hope that it would respect them as being the work of Parliament. However, we also…05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh, the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, and the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for their contributions and engagement through this whole process. I…05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019This happens predominantly through the Treasury. It is engaging with the Government of Gibraltar and of course with the Executive there to ensure that the process goes through. It…05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, this statutory instrument will fix deficiencies in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and subordinate legislation made under FiSMA, which is an important part…05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 31 January be approved. Relevant document: 16th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Sub-Committee A )05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am very happy to do that. I should also say that all these changes are being made because of the quite brilliant Economic Secretary to the Treasury, John Glen. He is an…05 Mar 2019HANSARDMortgage Credit (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 19 December 2018 be approved. Motion agreed.05 Mar 2019HANSARDWomen’s Rights: SheDecides DayI am very happy to give a commitment to look at that. We have been at the forefront of work with our partners on the UN Security Council to document what has been happening in…04 Mar 2019HANSARDWomen’s Rights: SheDecides DayMy Lords, the UK’s development, diplomatic and defence work promotes our values of gender equality and secures women’s rights around the world. Upholding women’s rights is…04 Mar 2019HANSARDWomen’s Rights: SheDecides DayI am very happy to pay tribute to the work of SheDecides. Its launch was attended by a UK Minister, Rory Stewart. It is directing a lot of funding towards the United Nations…04 Mar 2019HANSARDWomen’s Rights: SheDecides DayI am very happy to do that. The noble Lord and I are aware that it is a leading ambition of the global goals. Afghanistan and everywhere else have signed up to implementing global…04 Mar 2019