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HANSARDBrexit: Food Prices and Availability (EUC Report)My Lords, it is a huge privilege to follow my noble friend Lord Devon, who made an outstanding maiden speech. It demonstrated why he will make an outstanding contribution to this…25 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillThe noble Lord, with all his experience, has pre-empted what I was about to say next. The European Union has played a blinder. Recently, I gave a master class at the University of…04 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillMy Lords, I was on the phone at 7 am to one of my fellow directors in Australia. I said to him, “What a mess our country is in. It’s harming the UK so much”, and he said to me,…04 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillAbsolutely not. The noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, is here. She was a member of that committee, and I have sat on the committee with her. I was referring to other people. By the…04 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillI have got the figures right here. The latest YouGov poll, which I looked at today, says that 37% were for a second referendum, 26% for no deal and 11% for the PM’s deal. No deal…04 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillI thank the noble Lord for giving way. I say to the noble Lord, Lord Howell, that people were confused three years ago. Does he agree? Now they are much more informed, so they can…04 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillCould the noble Lord clarify the results he has just cited? When he says, “against”, is it no deal versus revoking Article 50? If not, what is it against?04 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillDo not ruin my momentum, please; I will give way in a second. Nothing has been agreed.04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIs the noble Lord accusing me of dishonesty?04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord. I remind him that I have been here for over 12 years. I cannot remember when this House has asked, time after time, to put something…04 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillThe overall result for the whole country, if you include Scotland and Northern Ireland, was 44% to 42%—a very narrow margin. It was not as stark as the noble Lord said.04 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillThe noble Lord may not like what I am saying, but it is true. There is lots he has not heard. It is so heartening to see heckling from a sedentary position from a Minister; it…04 Apr 2019HANSARDNATOI thank the noble Lord for his intervention and for reinforcing what I have been saying. I hope that the Minister will respond. Mark Lancaster, Minister of State for the Armed…02 Apr 2019HANSARDNATOMy Lords, on 4 April we will be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, so let us remember some of its history. President Eisenhower, its first…02 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: The Erasmus and Horizon Programmes (European Union Committee Report)I am extremely sorry and thank the Minister for giving way. I asked quite a few pointed questions and he has not answered any of them. I would be grateful if he could write to me,…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: The Customs Challenge (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, this report once again illustrates that the best deal for this country by far is the deal that we have at the moment as a member of the European Union. When the noble…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: The Erasmus and Horizon Programmes (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I declare my interests as chancellor of the University of Birmingham, chair of the advisory board of the Cambridge Judge Business School and a Bynum Tudor fellow of…01 Apr 2019HANSARDCommonwealthWe have been trying to do it for over a decade. Let us look at the irony of when we joined the EU 46 years ago. The Daily Mail celebrated by saying: “Now we can lead Europe!” The…28 Mar 2019HANSARDCommonwealthMy Lords, the Minister of State for the Commonwealth, the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, whose presence we miss today, said on Commonwealth Day on 11 March: “The UK has an…28 Mar 2019HANSARDCommonwealthThe EU-India free trade agreement is what has been tried to be negotiated for over 10 years now.28 Mar 2019