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HANSARDCustoms Legislation and Amendments: Impact AnalysisI completely endorse the noble Lord’s sentiment. It is very much the Government’s policy to strike a deal and I, like others in the Government, very much hope that will be…08 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexit: PreparationsYes.08 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Legislation and Amendments: Impact AnalysisThe noble Lord makes very thoughtful points, but I remind him that the estimates in this report are a responsible, thoughtful and transparent effort to calculate the kind of costs…08 Oct 2019HANSARDCapital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the Regulations laid before the House on 5 September be approved. Relevant document: 61st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019My noble friend puts it very well. I note the obvious disquiet in the Chamber, and I am very glad to undertake to write, as requested by the noble Lords, Lord Tunnicliffe and Lord…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019My Lords, in this Chamber we can execute only what is within the realms of our legislative ability. These are the measures that the industry and HMRC have sought from us.…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019The noble Lord puts it very well. The truth is that, in order to execute the SI before us, we do not require EU permission, which I think was the substance of the noble Lord’s…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019The noble Lord asked a very good question. I apologise for not putting it at the top of the list because it is absolutely right. No. This is a matter for the UK. France and other…07 Oct 2019HANSARDRisk Transformation and Solvency 2 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the Regulations laid before the House on 5 September be approved.07 Oct 2019HANSARDCapital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank noble Lords for this powerful debate on a highly technical subject. I endorse the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, in her opening comment that this Chamber does not see enough…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019My Lords, this statutory instrument is part of the Government’s package to prepare for the possibility of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. The instrument relates to safety…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCapital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I beg to move that they be approved. As the House will be aware, the Government had previously made all the necessary legislation to ensure that in the event of a no-deal exit on…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCapital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I beg to move that the House considers the Capital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the Risk Transformation and Solvency 2 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019The noble Lord makes a very fair point, but I reassure him that this impact assessment is not solely on this SI and is not an effort to try to mislead the Chamber. It is the…07 Oct 2019HANSARDArrangement of BusinessWe would like to move on to the capital requirements SI, please.07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019That the Regulations laid before the House on 5 September be approved. Relevant document: 61st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank noble Lords very much for a really intense debate on a key Brexit measure that has been brought to the House. A lot of expertise has been brought to it, and it…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019The sheer scale is enormous, but the feedback from the haulage industry and HMRC is that they are putting in place the measures necessary for the highest level of declarations.…07 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexit: Medicines and Medical DevicesMy Lords, the Department for Health and Social Care is doing everything possible to prepare for an exit from the European Union, whatever the circumstances. We have worked with…02 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexit: Medicines and Medical DevicesThe Government are working very closely with European partners on the supply of medicines. As my noble friend will be aware, a large proportion of the medical supplies in this…02 Oct 2019