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HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019: Section 3(5)To be very clear and to correct that, it is not the GMC’s guidance; it is our guidance. It is the Government’s guidance that we have asked it to pass on to ensure that…17 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019: Section 3(5)My Lords, I begin where I think we need to begin. Everyone in this House is of the same view that we need to restore an Executive in Northern Ireland. There is no doubt about the…17 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019: Section 3(5)I am very happy to state categorically that in any clinic, even if it has one NHS employee, that employee must have the permission of the NHS commissioners. I will write on this…17 Oct 2019HANSARDProduct Safety, Metrology and Mutual Recognition Agreement (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My team has helpfully provided a note on that, just in case someone was querying whether they were indeed the same. On “substantially the same” and an essential requirement,…07 Oct 2019HANSARDProduct Safety, Metrology and Mutual Recognition Agreement (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I would be happy to do so, because we are stepping into the etymological element of the debate. As I understand it—I will happily put this in writing—the notion of a notified body…07 Oct 2019HANSARDProduct Safety, Metrology and Mutual Recognition Agreement (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Noble Lords will discover that I am full of these lines. The noble Lord, Lord Fox, raised a couple of points. There should be no change to self-assessment whatever. On the…07 Oct 2019HANSARDProduct Safety, Metrology and Mutual Recognition Agreement (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the Regulations laid before the House on 9 September be approved. Relevant document: 69th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (s pecial attention drawn…07 Oct 2019HANSARDProduct Safety, Metrology and Mutual Recognition Agreement (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I apologise. My goodness, I would not wish the noble Lord to be seen as dallying with the other side. The noble Lord, Lord Harris, raised two specific questions, including on the…07 Oct 2019HANSARDProduct Safety, Metrology and Mutual Recognition Agreement (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the extension to Article 50 requires changes to legislation made earlier this year to ensure continued confidence in our consumer safety system. This statutory…07 Oct 2019HANSARDProduct Safety, Metrology and Mutual Recognition Agreement (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, this suite of regulations is quite technical, as the noble Lord, Lord McNicol, said. The original suite was a bundle, and anyone who has managed to carry it around will…07 Oct 2019HANSARDIrish Border: Checks and Customs ArrangementsMy Lords, the noble Lord speaks with wisdom on this matter and brings great experience to the question. I can be categorical: there will be no infrastructure at the border. That…01 Oct 2019HANSARDIrish Border: Checks and Customs ArrangementsIt is not the intention of this Government to have Northern Ireland treated any differently from any other part of this, our United Kingdom.01 Oct 2019HANSARDIrish Border: Checks and Customs ArrangementsThe UK Government will not breach that Act. As I have been very clear before, the discussions that we must necessarily have as a preamble to the negotiations will be fully…01 Oct 2019HANSARDIrish Border: Checks and Customs ArrangementsI am very happy to offer that confirmation.01 Oct 2019HANSARDIrish Border: Checks and Customs ArrangementsMy Lords, I had the pleasure this morning of waking up to the dulcet tones of my right honourable friend the Prime Minister on the “Today” programme. When he was asked about…01 Oct 2019HANSARDIrish Border: Checks and Customs ArrangementsThe important thing to stress right now is that my right honourable friend the Prime Minister has put to the European Union, in a series of clear technical papers, different…01 Oct 2019HANSARDIrish Border: Checks and Customs ArrangementsMy noble friend asks an important question, to which the answer has been straightforward. It is the intention of this Government to leave the European Union on 31 October.01 Oct 2019HANSARDIrish Border: Checks and Customs ArrangementsAgain, the Prime Minister made it very clear this morning, on the show which we all tuned in to, that that is not what he is proposing at all. There will be no new infrastructure…01 Oct 2019HANSARDIrish Border: Checks and Customs ArrangementsI am happy to respond simply to the noble Lord. We will continue to meet our obligations as we have set out before this House and the other place, and we will continue to do so…01 Oct 2019HANSARDIrish Border: Checks and Customs ArrangementsMy Lords, with the leave of the House, and on behalf of my noble friend Lord Callanan of the Department for Exiting the European Union, I will now repeat in the form of a…01 Oct 2019