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HANSARDEmployment Rights LegislationAs the noble Lord said, they are all available on the dashboard for him to refer to.01 Feb 2023HANSARDEmployment Rights LegislationParliament is not being refused the opportunity to discuss these things. We will no doubt have many days of debate on the retained EU law Bill. All the regulations that are…01 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill Relief Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023That the Regulations laid before the House on 11 January be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 31 January .01 Feb 2023HANSARDEmployment Rights LegislationWe will no doubt have this debate at Second Reading of the REUL legislation on Monday. If those are the comments of the director-general of the CBI, then he is wrong. Our…01 Feb 2023HANSARDEmployment Rights LegislationAs I have said to the noble Lord on this issue before, our workers’ rights, of which we are very proud, do not and did not depend on our membership of the EU. We have standards…01 Feb 2023HANSARDEmployment Rights LegislationMy Lords, we are proud of the UK’s record on employment standards, having raised domestic standards over recent years to make them some of the highest in the world. Our high…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHorizon Europe: UK ParticipationMy noble friend gets the Opposition riled more than I do sometimes. Criticism of the EU is almost blasphemy in some parts of this House, but the reality is this is the fault of…31 Jan 2023HANSARDVulnerable Households: Energy CostsLet me repeat the answer I gave to my noble friend Lady McIntosh earlier: we used to have a system of social tariffs which was judged to be ineffective. That is why we moved to…31 Jan 2023HANSARDVulnerable Households: Energy CostsI know that the standing charge is a subject of controversy, but it is there to cover the costs of providing a supply: the cables, the network and the infrastructure. Included…31 Jan 2023HANSARDVulnerable Households: Energy CostsI can indeed reassure the noble Baroness that there are extensive regulatory protections in this area. Ofgem rules are clear that suppliers can install a prepayment meter to…31 Jan 2023HANSARDVulnerable Households: Energy CostsI am interested to see the noble Lord’s figures on that. Various amounts of support are being imposed by different Governments, at different levels and in different ways, so there…31 Jan 2023HANSARDVulnerable Households: Energy CostsThere were a lot of questions there. The issue around social tariffs is that the warm home discount was introduced in the first place to replace various social tariffs on offer…31 Jan 2023HANSARDHorizon Europe: UK ParticipationIf it proves not possible to associate with Horizon, as I said—although we continue our efforts to try to persuade the EU otherwise and to fulfil the agreement that it entered…31 Jan 2023HANSARDHorizon Europe: UK ParticipationI always stand ready to receive advice from the noble Lord about how we can meaningfully enter into negotiations with someone who does not want to meaningfully enter into…31 Jan 2023HANSARDHorizon Europe: UK ParticipationI think the Commission has been very clear in intimating that the issue is linked to the Northern Ireland protocol, but, as I have said, this is a separate issue. They are…31 Jan 2023HANSARDHorizon Europe: UK ParticipationI agree with the noble Lord. There is a limit to how long this period of limbo can go on. We have provided guarantees to researchers, and we are funding them in the meantime. The…31 Jan 2023HANSARDHorizon Europe: UK ParticipationI cannot comment on the protocol negotiations in detail. As far as I am aware, they are going well. I realise that my noble friend wants to link the two issues, but they are…31 Jan 2023HANSARDHorizon Europe: UK ParticipationThe noble Viscount needs to take that message to the EU. The Government stand ready to implement the agreement that we freely entered into; it is the EU that is refusing to do so.…31 Jan 2023HANSARDHorizon Europe: UK ParticipationIf the House will listen, I am prepared to spend as much time as needed on this. From financial services regulation to gene editing and gene modifications, animal rights…31 Jan 2023HANSARDHorizon Europe: UK ParticipationIndeed. The noble Lord is correct. We are working to overcome those difficulties as quickly as we can.31 Jan 2023