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HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Those countries are, at present, unwilling to open discussions with this country and will not do so until the withdrawal agreement has been accepted and we move on to the future…23 Oct 2019HANSARDElectricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019Not at all. The noble Lord is quite right in one respect: the notion of carbon leakage is potentially worse for global emissions, because moving from an area where there are high…23 Oct 2019HANSARDElectricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019It has been a remarkably short and sweet debate. Long may such debates continue. I say to the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, that I did mention carbon leakage, as it happens.23 Oct 2019HANSARDElectricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019My Lords, it is like I have never been away. This statutory instrument amends the Electricity Supplier Obligations (Amendment & Excluded Electricity) Regulations 2015. The…23 Oct 2019HANSARDElectricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 9 September be approved.23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019GOV.UK is a resource which I hope helps people address their questions. Part of the difficulty with GOV.UK is that it is very hard to anticipate questions that have not been set…23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am very grateful to the noble Lord, who has given me the opportunity to find the other pieces of paper that I did not get to in answering his question. With regard to which…23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I disagree with the noble Lord for one simple reason. This is the moment when we face the question of whether we shall exit the EU with or without a deal. The purpose behind my…23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The noble Baroness will be aware that the Government’s policy is to secure that deal. That is why we are here. The reason this has had to come forward in the manner in which it…23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Sorry about that; that was a big fly—bigger than normal.23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I did not say that. What I said was that these regulations have no impact upon the ability of EU nationals resident in the UK to operate, full stop. Going forward, they seek to…23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I wish I could give my noble friend the reassurance she seeks, but these elements remain part of the future relationship negotiations and there has been unwillingness on the part…23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019No, I will make some progress if I may. This is complicated enough, and I fear I have to answer noble Lords’ questions before they ask new ones. The noble Lord, Lord Oates, was…23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is quite clear that we have not succeeded in convincing the noble Lord that the reality is that the retained EU law, which this House fought so carefully over and which was…23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Goodness me, such words. I like a pun at this time. We seem to be caught in a situation in which a number of noble Lords believe that this is of significance to the extent that it…23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, this has been a complicated debate, but I am drawn to the remarks by the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, as a way of helping us step into the debate. Tam Dalyell was…23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I stress at the outset that a deal with the EU would render the provisions of this instrument unnecessary until the end of any agreed implementation period. The…23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11 July be approved. Relevant document: 58th Report, Session 2017–19, from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee23 Oct 2019HANSARDPost Offices: Cash Withdrawal ServicesMy Lords, the Government are disappointed by the withdrawal of Barclays from the renegotiated banking framework. None the less, the new banking framework will enable customers to…22 Oct 2019HANSARDPost Offices: Cash Withdrawal ServicesThe noble Baroness and the right reverend Prelate asked what representation we have made. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial…22 Oct 2019