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HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, it is welcome to move from the group of amendments that caused maximum divergence to the group of amendments after dinner where there is maximum convergence. I think we…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am grateful for the noble Lord’s question. His precise point is that we are aiming to replicate what currently exists, so we would take across the current applicable rules of…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillYes, and my noble friend Lord Lansley touched on this point. He talked about the treatment of different countries. We work from a World Bank list and an OECD DAC list of the least…23 Jan 2019HANSARDAlternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 28 November 2018 be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 15 January .22 Jan 2019HANSARDVenture Capital Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I am surrounded by expertise and am trying to listen attentively with both ears to the guidance offered. Effectively, this position was set out in advance. It was very clear from…22 Jan 2019HANSARDVenture Capital Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018We submit these things. First, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Trefgarne’s work in the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. It is doing an incredible amount to…22 Jan 2019HANSARDVenture Capital Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I tried to give a response that explained the situation. Usually in this situation, we are transposing one law that is operating today and saying that that law, which is currently…22 Jan 2019HANSARDVenture Capital Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I realise that the noble Lord is pressing his point and he may find the answer—that the impact assessment will be published shortly—unsatisfactory. Of course the reality is that…22 Jan 2019HANSARDVenture Capital Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018As I said in Grand Committee, whose debate I took note of, an impact assessment will be published shortly. The position has not changed in regard to that. But of course that was…22 Jan 2019HANSARDVenture Capital Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I beg to move the second Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.22 Jan 2019HANSARDVenture Capital Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 November 2018 be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 15 January .22 Jan 2019HANSARDInterchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I beg to move.22 Jan 2019HANSARDInterchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 22 November 2018 be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 15 January.22 Jan 2019HANSARDSocial Entrepreneurship Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, the Order Paper states that this and the following three sets of regulations are due to be moved en bloc, but I am grateful for the courtesy of the noble Lord, Lord…22 Jan 2019HANSARDSocial Entrepreneurship Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 November 2018 be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 15 January.22 Jan 2019HANSARDAlternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I beg to move.22 Jan 2019HANSARDAlternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I hear what the noble Lords and my noble friend have said. The Government will of course use their best endeavours to ensure that the impact assessments are always in place. We…22 Jan 2019HANSARDInterchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I am grateful to the noble Lord for raising that point. It was a point of debate on a technical matter relating to whether you treat a country as a third country, which we believe…22 Jan 2019HANSARDInterchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, and the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for their scrutiny of these SIs and I shall seek to address the points they made. First,…15 Jan 2019HANSARDInterchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I certainly recall every word of the four glorious hours we spent waiting to debate these instruments in Grand Committee yesterday. I also remember the eloquence of the noble…15 Jan 2019