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HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, I very much welcome the Bill. He has brought to the attention of Ministers some important considerations about what it should contain…14 May 2019HANSARDWild SalmonMy Lords, the tight timelimit precludes me commenting on some of the very important points raised in this valuable debate. I have no interests to declare, but I have to declare…14 May 2019HANSARDPlaces of Worship: Protective Security FundingMy Lords, may I put two points to the Minister? First, the timely and speedy use of intelligence, which has not always been the case in some other countries, is something that we…07 May 2019HANSARDUpland FarmingMy Lords, as several Peers have acknowledged, upland farmers make a massive contribution to the care of our hill areas. However, the character and community of those areas will…04 Apr 2019HANSARDUpland FarmingMy Lords—04 Apr 2019HANSARDCommon Agricultural Policy and Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019This is not a theoretical situation. I do not wish to turn doom-laden, but if the events we are discussing led to a sudden fall and crisis in the sheep sector, then market…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCommon Agricultural Policy and Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, far from going round the houses, the noble Baroness, Lady Byford, has done us a service by going through the instruments so thoroughly and raising some really important…20 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Negotiations after 29 March 2019I thank the Minister for her factually accurate reply. Is the agreed collective position of the Cabinet that only a short extension of the Article 50 period—to 30 June—is…20 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Negotiations after 29 March 2019To ask Her Majesty’s Government what meetings have been scheduled to take place after 29 March 2019 between Ministers and representatives of the European Union, and what matters…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCommon Agricultural Policy and Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is indeed—that had not occurred to me. Do we conclude from this that the Government have no intention of doing anything other than bringing all five instruments into force on…20 Mar 2019HANSARDChallenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his careful exposition of the statutory instrument, and for the engagement of officials with the Constitution Committee and others.…14 Mar 2019HANSARDPublic Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019My Lords, that is a question I shall leave on the charge sheet for the Minister to deal with in a moment. Indeed, there is a wider political question around these statutory…14 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Protection for WorkersMy Lords, it is helpful that the Government have today published the clauses to be inserted in the withdrawal Bill that deal with these matters. However, there are only 12 sitting…07 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I do not need to add to the masterful laying out of the reasons for the amendment by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, or to what was said by the two Members who…06 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019With regard to these regulations and the previous ones, as they are quite complicated and relates to the transitional period, if there is one, can the Minister clarify what would…05 Mar 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, that is helpful and it is in the language that we have heard used for other statutory instruments. What it does not tell us is whether these two instruments are among…05 Mar 2019HANSARDPrivatised Probation SystemMy Lords, the failings listed in the Statement and found by the National Audit Office were foreseen in the 2014 report of the House of Commons Justice Committee, which I chaired…04 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: LegislationTo ask Her Majesty’s Government how many bills and statutory instruments which have not yet completed their parliamentary process will require to be passed or approved before the…20 Feb 2019HANSARDJudicial Pensions and Fee-Paid Judges’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his careful exposition of the scheme and for the quotations from the report, which the Lord Chancellor made to Parliament, detailing…20 Feb 2019HANSARDCross-Border Mediation (EU Directive) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Is it the Government’s policy, if they are negotiating in a transition period because they have got an agreement, to seek to continue the kind of provisions that are in these…20 Feb 2019