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HANSARDFloods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Of course my noble friend is saying exactly what he and I would want. But I remind him that when we were not in the European Union—and if we had not been in the European Union—he…22 Jan 2019HANSARDFloods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019As the responsible Minister during much of the period in which these European Union regulations were being put into operation, I would not like to let this occasion pass without…22 Jan 2019HANSARDFloods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019No. I was hoping to say something before my noble friend sat down.22 Jan 2019HANSARDOccupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I invite the noble Lord to give way, because it gives me the opportunity to say that I think my noble friend the Minister will now understand that when I said that if…15 Jan 2019HANSARDOccupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Frankly, I did not say that my noble friend was hiding it. I said, “If it looks as if you”—and I am not referring to my noble friend but to the Government who have laid this…15 Jan 2019HANSARDOccupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I will answer the noble Lord, but I do not want to prolong my remarks. I am already a bit fed up with being told that I must not talk about these things because it takes too long.…15 Jan 2019HANSARDOccupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My noble friend is right to say that the problem with all this legislation is that it takes time. If you are going to make fundamental changes, you have to face it: it is better…15 Jan 2019HANSARDOccupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I have to say, there are many fates which are worse than death—though I am not quite sure that that is one. I wonder whether I could go on to the question of consultation. It is…15 Jan 2019HANSARDOccupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018The only problem is that the noble Lord’s intervention was so long that my name has been changed to his on the annunciator.15 Jan 2019HANSARDOccupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I was not making the assertion about my noble friend; I was referring to the meeting of the Grand Committee last week, when that was very much the underlying assertion. That is…15 Jan 2019HANSARDOccupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, if I had not gone through earlier debates, I would have agreed with the noble Lord. I want to make it clear that whatever certain government sources may say, there may…15 Jan 2019HANSARDOccupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I perfectly agree with my noble friend that I did not always produce legislation that was perfect the first time round. However, I did consult. I would not have dreamed of having…15 Jan 2019HANSARDOccupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I interrupted only because my noble friend might be able to answer my question at the same time. The question is this: if it were not thought necessary to have the consultation in…15 Jan 2019HANSARDOccupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords—15 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Is not the point that the noble Lord is making rather wider than that? He seems to be saying that if either the Government or the body to which he refers are right, this…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I do not think that I ought to follow the noble Lord down that road because otherwise there will be a complaint that one is somehow not keeping to the fact, but of course what he…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I am concerned about the consultation element. I am interested in the difference between the wording in this SI and the one that we are going to discuss later. This one…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018The noble Baroness makes an important point. I want to follow this line because if the consultation itself does not cover the industry, and those others whom you would expect to…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That is absolutely true. It all adds up to my last point, which I feel is the most important point of all. The Government keep on talking about no impact, but of course in this SI…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I entirely agree, but I add to that list the Minister because, like every other Minister, he has to defend all this nonsense. He has to defend a decision which the Government…14 Jan 2019