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HANSARDHousing InsulationI am, of course, always happy to work collaboratively with the noble Lord, but I point out gently that he is not correct to say that the ECO scheme has failed. The latest fuel…25 Feb 2020HANSARDHousing InsulationI thank the noble Baroness for her best wishes. I am sure that confronting is not the right word. Working together for the common goal would be more appropriate—you have to start…25 Feb 2020HANSARDHousing InsulationThe noble Baroness makes a good point about building standards. That is something we will seek to address. There have been tremendous improvements over recent years in building…25 Feb 2020HANSARDHousing InsulationIt does sound like a particularly perverse incentive. I will certainly look into the reasons why and write to my noble friend.25 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Trading ArrangementsIt is of course always a pleasure to be back in front of this House. By my rough calculation, this is my 50th Oral Question in front of your Lordships, who are always extremely…30 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Trading ArrangementsI thank the noble Lord for his question. I suspect that the answer is that they are both part of one of the most exclusive and enjoyable clubs in the whole of London, in this…30 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Trading ArrangementsI thank the noble Lord for his interest in these matters, but the whole point of a free trade agreement is that it is an improvement on WTO terms. The reason that many nations…30 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Trading ArrangementsI will leave the noble Baroness to have her own conversation with the noble Lord, Lord Pearson, about the benefits or otherwise of various clubs that the two of them might wish to…30 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Trading ArrangementsI thank the noble Lord for the close interest he takes in dispute resolution. Perhaps he should be declaring an interest, with his long experience of both litigating for, and…30 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Trading ArrangementsNo, our commitment is that we will not be entering into a process of dynamic alignment; we think that decisions on future laws governing this country should be made in this…30 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Trading ArrangementsWe have not concluded the future relationship yet, so we do not know what impediments or otherwise there will be to free trade. Our aim and ambition is to make sure that there are…30 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Trading ArrangementsMy Lords, the Prime Minister’s deal set out in the political declaration the framework for a comprehensive and ambitious free trade agreement with the EU. We will of course leave…30 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill22 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to the discussion. We have debated all these matters at great length and our positions are well known, so I will not try the…22 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, with the leave of the House I will speak also to Motions B to E. We are at the end of what seems like a very long road. The final stages of this Bill represent something…22 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 1, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 1A.22 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, in moving this Motion, I hope that the House will forgive me if I say a few words. I am delighted to say that we are now in the final stretch of our withdrawal from the…21 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIf it becomes part of retained EU law before the end of the implementation period, it will be transferred into British law by snapshotting the procedure. I do not know the details…21 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. It is obvious that I have spent so long debating across this Chamber with the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, that she is…21 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, we have reached the final amendment. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, and the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, for their comments and for setting out…21 Jan 2020