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HANSARDCovid-19: International ResponseMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for initiating this debate. I am pleased to take part, not just as one of her predecessors at DfID but as co-chair of the All-Party Group…18 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: TransportMy Lords, on cross-border trains to Glasgow and to Edinburgh, which guidance should operators and passengers adhere to, that of the UK Government or that of the Scottish…14 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords—13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, this brings me to another of my special interests, and one that I have been pursuing for some time. Amendments 14 and 15 concern the Isle of Man, the Channel…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am really very grateful to the Minister for a helpful reply; he has dealt with each of the points that I raised very properly and helpfully. This is an issue that I…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I apologise for jumping in a little prematurely. This has been a very useful debate and the Minister has answered a number of my questions. It is awfully useful that he is taking…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]It is appropriate that these amendments follow those we have just been discussing, Amendments 3 and 18. I am pleased that four very distinguished lawyers will participate in this…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I had not intended to intervene at this stage. However, since this is, or ought to be, very similar to Committee if we were sitting in the Chamber, I hope that Members will…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]13 May 2020HANSARDBeyond Brexit (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, given the time limit, I will deal with just one issue in the report: the role of the devolved nations in the transition process. It was about two decades ago, when I was…12 May 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, for giving us this opportunity to discuss what was indeed a failure of British law, politics and bureaucracy.…06 May 2020HANSARDAviation and Tourism: CancellationsMy Lords, the Minister says that she is in regular contact with the airlines, but it is clear from what we all have heard, and from the exchanges today, that the airlines are…05 May 2020HANSARDPassenger Train ServicesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the arrangements for the operation of passenger train services during the COVID-19 pandemic.29 Apr 2020HANSARDPassenger Train ServicesShould not the Department for Transport be thinking now about when we exit from lockdown and looking at increasing rail services, limiting the numbers on each train to allow for…29 Apr 2020HANSARDAgriculture: Dairy PricesPerhaps the Whip can explain why there is no Minister.28 Apr 2020HANSARDVagrancy Act 1824Can the Minister confirm that the provisions of this ancient Act as they apply to Scotland were repealed in Westminster by the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982? The kind of…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Removal of RestrictionsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to announce (1) the arrangements, and (2) a timetable, for the removal of restrictions in place to address the COVID-19 pandemic.21 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Removal of RestrictionsI am grateful to the Minister, but why do he and other Ministers think that the British public are unable to deal with two messages simultaneously? Will the Government now set out…21 Apr 2020HANSARDEU: NegotiationsMy Lords, since I doubt that the Minister will agree with anything I say about the European Union, can I try to find some consensus with him? Will he agree with me that one of the…17 Mar 2020