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HANSARDBrexit: Outstanding CommitmentsMy Lords, the Government are committed to getting a good deal for the UK, and have agreed a fair financial settlement with the EU. Even if the UK leaves without a deal, the…06 Feb 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]My Lords, that is a good question. We had hoped that it would be gazetted before then, in which case we could then have made the amendment that we talked about. I was grateful for…06 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI will make some progress, but I will come back to that point—when inspiration arrives. No UK Government, regardless of their political leanings, could ever accept such a carving…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI may not be able to get a categorical answer on that, but I am happy to undertake to write to the noble Earl ahead of Report to clarify that point.04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillObviously, those are discussions that will have to be concluded in the future framework. On the specific point about Switzerland, however, the noble Lord suggested that the…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI listened very carefully to the final words that the noble Lord used when he talked about “equal access”, and I draw back from that a little. But on the broad principle, when we…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillBefore the noble Lord sits down—I have always wanted to say that—I did have some notes on that. Perhaps I could intrude on the noble Lord’s wind-up to say that the Government are…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Lea, for setting out the rationale for his amendment. He was sincere in his attempt to persuade us and very thorough, as I would expect of a…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I rise more in hope than expectation of being able to persuade your Lordships. I pick up the sense from the Committee that this is probably something that your Lordships…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillIt is a challenge when someone with the noble Lord’s intellect begins a sentence by apologising for not being a politician and then asks for clarity at the present time. We are…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillThat is the noble Lord’s position on this: the reality is that the Prime Minister is seeking an agreement that can command a majority in the other place and that requires…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillYes, there is a reason why we have brought back the agreement—to resolve the situation. As for whether the amendments have been considered in the other place, the other place…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am very happy to give an undertaking to the noble Lord that I will reflect with colleagues, particularly my noble friend Lady Fairhead, on the comments made on these amendments,…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, on behalf of all those who have spoken, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and Lord Purvis, for bringing forward Amendment 45, the purpose of which is to provide an…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillThe noble Lord will remember from day three of Committee last week that one of the questions asked was whether we could provide the Committee with some running status on where we…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillYes, except that the political declaration was of course part of the withdrawal agreement negotiated with the EU 27, so one hopes that it will form the basis of our future…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am happy to do that, and perhaps get some notes—I know we have a group coming up on the mobility framework, to which those points will perhaps be pertinent. I will, if I can,…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI will be glad to do so. In a lot of such agreements, especially for the major manufacturers, the bulk of the value of the trade or the deal is the service package and the support…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am very happy to give further detail on that in the general update between Committee and Report, but, as the noble Lord knows, the schedules were tabled in December followed by…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am grateful for that clarification. I shall make sure that that is what is addressed.04 Feb 2019