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HANSARDChallenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to be here today to discuss the regulations presented before you. These regulations are part of the Government’s wider programme of…14 Mar 2019HANSARDFurther Developments in Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionThat this House takes note of further developments in discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.11 Mar 2019HANSARDFurther Developments in Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionMy Lords, this debate allows us the opportunity to debate further the discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. This House has played a…11 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the Grand Committee do consider the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.04 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am not sure that I accept my noble friend’s statement that there was an omission. However, as this is quite a technical matter, perhaps it would be better if we went away and…04 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The noble and learned Lord makes a valid point. It could have been clearer. I will look at it again with lawyers and officials, and we will come back to it in the House. On the…04 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019First, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions. I shall deal first with the last question of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, and commend her for her ingenuity in bringing…04 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to be here today to discuss these regulations. They are part of the Government’s wider programme of secondary legislation before exit…04 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I shall of course be very happy to do that. I know that my noble friend, quite rightly, takes a close interest in these matters, so I shall be very happy to look at that further…04 Mar 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionDoes the noble and learned Lord mean if the House of Commons votes to support no deal?27 Feb 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionWhat about Corbyn?27 Feb 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionMy Lords, it is a pleasure to be opening, yet again, today’s debate. Before I begin, I ask noble Lords for their patience, as, like many Members of the House, I am struggling with…27 Feb 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionI have to say that many noble Lords have argued strongly against statutory instruments being approved “overnight”, as the noble Lord suggests, in other cases. He is, however,…27 Feb 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionNo, I am afraid that I do not agree with the noble Lord. Neither the two-year time limit set by the notification of withdrawal Act on when the treaty will cease to apply to the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionAs a consequence of that vote, nothing. What will then happen is that the following day the Government will ask the House of Commons whether it wishes to extend the Article 50…27 Feb 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionDespite the chuntering from a sedentary position from the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, the noble Lord speaks great sense—as he does on so many things. It would make no sense whatever…27 Feb 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionI am afraid that I do not follow the noble Lord’s logic on this. Parliament did support the outcome of the referendum. The Government made it clear at the time that they would…27 Feb 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionThe noble Lord is asking me to comment on what happens in the other place. My understanding—it is no more than that; I have not spoken to him—is that Alberto Costa resigned…27 Feb 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionMany serious consequences will flow from leaving with no deal, but we do not want to leave with no deal. If the noble Lord is so convinced of the need to leave with a deal,…27 Feb 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionThe noble Lord speaks with great experience and wisdom, and he is absolutely correct: the important thing is for us to bring back to Parliament solutions to the backstop that the…27 Feb 2019