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HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI understand the point the noble Lord is making, but I think we are talking at cross purposes. It would allow provisions on unsafe products, but the provisions would be based on…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillNo, it does not mean that the requirement is to be treated as though it never had any legal effect. Rather, it allows the continued operation of the requirement, except to the…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI apologise in advance if noble Lords are in for more technical explanations. We will take together the minor technical amendments in my name to Clauses 3 and 4. All involve…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I apologise to noble Lords for hesitating in my answer earlier. There is a danger of this “tin of biscuits” example assuming the same significance that the maiden aunts…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I have a sense of déjà vu about this debate. The noble Lord, Lord Liddle, will well remember our debates on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. These amendments relate to…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank everyone who has spoken in what has been another excellent debate. Most of the points have been valid. I will disagree with many of them but noble Lords made their points…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thought my comments might provoke a reaction from the noble Lord. Of course, there are EU common standards in many areas as well as EU minimum standards in many areas, and it is…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt may be helpful to the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, who I know is interested, if I return to a question he asked on the previous group—the vexed question of coal and the…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI do not think the noble and learned Lord is correct in his assumption, but it is a detailed legal point, so I will take further advice and reply to him in writing.28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 82, I shall speak also to Amendments 83 and 85 to 88 in my name. Clause 20 provides the test for assessing whether a regulatory requirement is…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank noble Lords for the brevity of their contributions, particularly given the late hour, and I shall endeavour—they shall be pleased to hear—to match that brevity. We think…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank everybody who has contributed to what has been, as always in this House, a fascinating debate, ranging far and wide, from cattle droving in the 1700s, through to the…28 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Financial Support for High Street RetailersAs I set out earlier, we will be announcing a review of the business rates system shortly but we have a number of other elements in place, which I outlined in answering the first…27 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Financial Support for High Street RetailersI did not quite catch all of that question, but I understand what the noble Lord was saying about the difficulty the retail sector is experiencing. Of course, the pandemic has…27 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Financial Support for High Street RetailersI agree with my noble friend that the retail sector has been undergoing a period of transition that well predates the pandemic. High streets play a crucial part in our rural…27 Oct 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2020. Relevant document: 29th…27 Oct 2020