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HANSARDCriminal Records Notifications DisclosureThe original database was put together in 2012, and records suggest that the problem was first identified in 2015. When I asked about these dates, I shared some of the surprise in…15 Jan 2020HANSARDCriminal Records Notifications DisclosureMy noble friend is right, and police collaboration after Brexit is one of the big priorities of this Government. That is why in the implementation period, we will be discussing…15 Jan 2020HANSARDCriminal Records Notifications DisclosureThe paper trail is extremely complex, and I am not in a position to give the kind of blow-by-blow account that the House would like. I sympathise with the question, and I would…15 Jan 2020HANSARDCriminal Records Notifications DisclosureThe data arrangements that Britain is committed to are handled with great delicacy by this country. Ministers are thoroughly committed to trying to make them work, and Britain has…15 Jan 2020HANSARDCriminal Records Notifications DisclosureThe noble Lord is quite right to emphasise the importance of this matter, but the correct channel for communication with our EU partners is through dialogue with COPEN, the…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, I am enormously grateful for the opportunity to respond to the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter of Kentish Town, and others. I thank all those who have…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillNo; my noble friend puts it well, but I am alluding to the fact that there is a hierarchy of priority, and there are matters of significant policy and implementation that are of a…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillNo, that is a neat way of putting things, but it is not quite the point I was trying to make, which is that they are very closely defined in terms of breadth and that the detail…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillAll the arrangements within this part of the Bill are heavily constrained to Title III of Part Two of the withdrawal agreement. There is therefore no need to escalate to questions…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, the point is well made, and I understand the desire of the Houses to keep scrutiny on measures, which is entirely fair. However, in this case, confidence, solidity and a…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy noble friend puts it well; I am not trying to brush off hundreds of thousands. I am trying to communicate a sense of this long tail of microregulatory changes, which are…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThat reassurance is not in the clause; it just does not provide the necessary powers, and without those powers, the ability to change policy does not exist. I hope that noble…14 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I politely remind contributors to this debate that there is a guidance of five minutes for speeches and we have a great many speakers to come. It would be hugely…08 Jan 2020HANSARDGovernment SpendingThe last spending round was based on the Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast in March. As the noble Lord said, there will be a further report from the Office for Budget…29 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Service Safety Investigations Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg to move that the House do adjourn during pleasure to await the arrival of a Bill from another place. There will be a message on the annunciator showing when the…29 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment SpendingMy Lords, the Government have brought the deficit down by four-fifths since 2010. With a strong fiscal position and close-to-record low costs of borrowing, we can invest more in…29 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment SpendingMy Lords, the situation described is not one that I recognise. A thousand extra people are in work every day since 2010. The deficit is down by four-fifths from its peak of 10% in…29 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment SpendingMy noble friend puts it very well. Debt is central to the Government’s plans. We will maintain a clear set of rules to anchor our fiscal policy and keep control of our debt. But…29 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment SpendingI am not sure that the noble Baroness can have it both ways. The need for investment in physical infrastructure, training and skills is urgent. Keeping a lid on debt is also…29 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment SpendingMy Lords, I was desperately searching for something I could possibly agree with in the noble Lord’s analysis, but there is nothing. The Chancellor is taking extremely pragmatic,…29 Oct 2019