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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI will let the noble Lord come back in a moment, but let me make a little progress—I might answer some of his points, you never know. Let us not pretend that it is all perfect. I…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am going to make this point and then I will allow the noble Lord to intervene. Our high standards were never dependent on our membership of the European Union. We provide…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI totally understand the point the noble Baroness is making. I have looked at this—indeed, I was the Minster responsible until very recently for the Regulatory Policy Committee,…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWe will get to that debate on those technical amendments later.23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI think it was the noble Lord, Lord Davies, who talked about the Financial Services and Markets Bill, which repealed a number of EU regulations and produced regulations that were…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy noble friend asks what she can say to women. She can tell them that they have one of the highest minimum wages in Europe as a result of the policies of this Government, that…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThere are a number of broader powers in different pieces of legislation. I can get the noble Baroness confirmation in writing, but clearly if it is retained EU law it is also…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, this debate has demonstrated what we already knew: there is retained EU law across all sectors of the economy, some of which is out of date and unfit for purpose. The…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe Government have signalled our general intention and the importance of the IP protection regime, which of course involves artist resale rights. We have stated our intention for…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAs the noble Lord knows very well, that is not what I am saying. The reason that I am not saying that goes back to two points made earlier in the debate. First, there is a…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I thank everybody who has contributed. I suppose we had to have the debate in principle at some stage, and we have had it on Clause 1. I will attempt to provide some…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI thought I had given the noble Baroness a serious response. Within the area of devolved competence, the devolved Administrations have the same rights as the UK Government to…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIf the noble Lord will sit down, I will come to him in a second. I will make this point and then I will give way. UK rights were provided in the complicated mishmash of UK law,…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIf the noble Baroness has been listening to the debate so far, she can reference the dashboard with the 4,700 pieces that are listed. As has been said in previous debates—we have…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThey are on the dashboard if they are retained EU law. I noticed that, in all the statements and speeches from Members opposite, the words “if” and “could” were doing an awful lot…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI thank all those who have contributed. I listened with interest to my noble friend Lady Altmann but I am afraid that her points were incorrect. I will not repeat the points that…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillLet me make the point to my noble friend before I give way to her again. Many of these regulations will indeed be preserved, retained or replaced. If it is the case that the…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI will issue a clarification: it is actually 3,700 pieces of retained EU law, not 4,700, as I inadvertently said.23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI have already given the noble Lord examples of where UK worker standards and employment regulations are superior to the base standards of the EU. I cannot give him a specific…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI totally understand the point my noble friend makes; I am a passionate believer in the rights of this House and have happily stated on many occasions within government that in…23 Feb 2023