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HANSARDBrexit: Legislative TimetableDiscussions on the time allowed for legislation are a matter for the usual channels. Co-operation in this House has always been good, and I can assure noble Lords that that…07 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Legislative TimetableOf course, it will be a challenge, but I am sure all Members of this House want to see us leave the European Union in a smooth and orderly manner, which requires the appropriate…07 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Legislative TimetableI will not advise the noble Lord and others what amendments can be acceptable. That is not my role. There are a number of pieces of primary legislation still before this House…07 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Legislative TimetableAs I said in the earlier answer, the progress of legislation in this House is a matter for the usual channels, in which co-operation with the opposition parties is always ongoing.…07 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Legislative TimetableI do not have those figures in front of me. I will write to the noble Lord on that.07 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Legislative TimetableMy Lords, we have already put in place many of the legislative building blocks to deliver our exit from the EU. Five exit-related Bills have been passed and six more are now…07 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Legislative TimetableI am not sure I like the noble and learned Baroness’s term “crash out”. We will leave on 29 March because we had a referendum on the subject and because Parliament, both in this…07 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Legislative TimetableI can certainly give the noble Baroness an assurance that we will allow for proper scrutiny. Perhaps I may correct her statement on the number of SIs. As we wrote to the sifting…07 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Legislative TimetableI accept the noble Lord’s clarification. We have submitted over 300 of them for the appropriate scrutiny, and the rest will be submitted for scrutiny in due course.07 Jan 2019