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HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020I understand the point my noble friend makes, but I think that the provisions are fairly well known and understood in the insolvency profession. There is a wide circle of people…29 Jul 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020I can certainly give the noble Baroness that reassurance. These are complicated provisions and we accept that they have been in place for only a short period. We will of course…29 Jul 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020As my noble friend is aware, we debated these matters extensively only a few short weeks ago when we passed the legislation. We are keeping all aspects of the legislation under…29 Jul 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020The noble Lord makes a very good point. I can certainly reassure him that the courts have taken all practical measures within the resources available to accommodate a likely…29 Jul 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020I know the noble Lord feels strongly about these matters, and we discussed this during the passage of the legislation. We strengthened the monitor’s role to include a requirement…29 Jul 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020The latest official statistics show that the number of corporate insolvencies decreased by half in June 2020 compared to the same month last year. However, the noble Baroness is…29 Jul 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020Again, we debated these matters extensively during the passage of the legislation. We are satisfied that monitors are appropriately regulated and that their independence is…29 Jul 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020I thank the noble Baroness for her question. We are aware of proposals for equity investment. For some companies, further debt might not be the right answer. As always, the…29 Jul 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market: White PaperI thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, for their questions. I pay tribute to the support that he offered for the principles of this…29 Jul 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market: White PaperMy noble friend makes an excellent point, as he so often does. These proposals are designed to ensure that devolution can continue to work for everyone while ensuring that…29 Jul 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market: White PaperI agree with the noble Lord that the internal single market is indeed the economic glue that binds the four nations together. I can confirm that we will continue to respect the…29 Jul 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market: White PaperI think it is fairly self-evident that we are committed to having unfettered access for goods from Northern Ireland to the UK single market, and this legislation will help to…29 Jul 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market: White PaperI thank the noble Lord for his support. I was happy to be able to brief him personally on the proposals, because I know he speaks with great authority on this subject. He is right…29 Jul 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market: White PaperI am afraid I cannot agree with the noble Baroness’s point. We are committed to high standards; we had these debates endlessly during the passage of the EU withdrawal legislation,…29 Jul 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market: White PaperThese proposals will not affect the ability of the Welsh Government to proceed in those environmental areas if that is a power they already have under the devolution settlement.…29 Jul 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market: White PaperAs he so often is on these matters, my noble friend is exactly right. Some 50% of Northern Ireland’s exports are sold to the rest of the UK, and the figures are even higher for…29 Jul 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market: White PaperI am not sure I completely understood what the noble Viscount is getting at. Perhaps I can write him on that matter.29 Jul 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market: White PaperI hope there will not be any disputes, but if there are, they will be legal disputes and the correct forum for resolving those is the courts system. We have no intention of…29 Jul 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market: White PaperThe free ports policy is unaffected by this legislation. If the power exists for devolved Administrations to create them, it is unchanged by this legislation.29 Jul 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market: White PaperWhile that is not the subject of this legislation, I can reassure the noble Lord that the Government’s proposals on the UK internal market will not impact on the transport system…29 Jul 2020