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HANSARDConsumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 14 September and 30 September be approved. Relevant document: 30th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee.…18 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIn short, I addressed the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Suttie. No, I do not believe that this will be a problem. We will, of course, keep it under review if any such…18 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThe noble Baroness also asked me if I would receive a letter, and I said that I would do so. That is probably the best course of action. If she writes to me with her concerns, we…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCOP 26I am sorry if the noble Lord does not feel involved in the campaign, but parliamentarians, alongside members of the public, are all very welcome to get involved in all of these…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCOP 26My noble friend makes a very good point. I struggle to understand some of the labels myself, and have to look up the table to find out what has to go where—so his point is well…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCOP 26The noble Lord, then, will have welcomed our announcement today that will generate the tens of thousands of jobs to which he refers. The idea of the campaign, of course, is to try…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCOP 26I thank my noble friend for his question; I know he takes a close interest in these matters. The important thing to do is to convince people across the country that there are an…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCOP 26The noble Baroness makes some valid points, but, as I am sure she is aware, all campaign spend will be released in line with the usual Cabinet Office spend data publications. The…18 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI agree with the noble Lord, actually. If you look at the degree of scrutiny with which this House has portrayed this Bill, as opposed to the degree of scrutiny in the other…18 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank everybody who has spoken in the debate so far. Just before we start, let me give my personal support—not a matter for the Government—to the gruesome twosome, the unholy…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCOP 26My noble friend is tempting me on to dangerous ground with this question. I agree with him that it would be great if more people took their holidays using some of the excellent…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCOP 26Solar PV has made immense progress in this country and we are looking to see how we can build on that further. Onshore wind has, of course, been controversial in some cases, but…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCOP 26I am not sure that the noble Lord is being entirely fair with his critique of the announcement. Many of the initiatives are based on new and existing technologies. We are building…18 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, Amendments 10, 11 and 41 would expand the list of legitimate aims used to justify where statutory requirements in one part of the UK can indirectly discriminate against…18 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. Amendment 6, in the names of my noble friend Lady McIntosh and the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, seeks to…18 Nov 2020HANSARDConsumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, the regulations were laid before the House on 14 September 2020. Our negotiations with the EU continue. As previously set out, we want a relationship with the EU based…16 Nov 2020HANSARDCompetition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020First, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to the debate. I remind everyone who contributed that these regulations are required to give full and operable effect to a…16 Nov 2020HANSARDCompetition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. Relevant document: 30th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee16 Nov 2020HANSARDCompetition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, the Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 were laid before the House on 30 September 2020. From 1 January 2021, the UK’s competition regime will no…16 Nov 2020HANSARDConsumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.16 Nov 2020