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HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords—14 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Statutory InstrumentsMy Lords, what parliamentary authority is there for expenditure, including on SIs, on a no-deal scenario, which has now been ruled out by the other place?10 Jan 2019HANSARDBenefit ReformsThat does not answer the question.10 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationThe wonderful thing about the Speaker in the other place is that he stood up for Parliament against the Executive.10 Jan 2019HANSARDHouse of Lords: SittingsMy Lords, I beg to move the Motion in my name on the Order Paper. A number of Members have asked me why I have put down these particular dates. I have put them down because they…09 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationWhy is the Minister reading out a speech drafted to reply to the debate that we are not continuing?09 Jan 2019HANSARDHouse of Lords: SittingsMy Lords, I know that the Government Chief Whip has a life outside this place: I see him from time to time on the plane to Bergerac. But I assure him that I am not moving this…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister has confirmed that these regulations would have a purpose only if there were no deal, so all the time that she and the excellent five civil servants behind her have…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister has just said that these will be required only if there is no deal. Is that correct?09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019So the corollary of that is that all the work that she has done, and that of her predecessor, the noble Lord, Lord Shaughnessy—whom we miss; sadly, he is no longer a Minister—and…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Not really; I am not clear about this. If there is a deal, does it include something that deals with human fertilisation and embryology, which would mean that we do not need this…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords—09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The noble Lord, Lord Deben, has said “Hear, hear!” in a very positive way. I remember attending a very interesting world conference on the environment that he chaired brilliantly.…09 Jan 2019HANSARDQuality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I put a question to the noble Baroness, similar to the one I put to my noble friend. Tomorrow, on the Floor of the House, her compatriot, her fellow Liberal Democrat, the noble…09 Jan 2019HANSARDQuality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019You should be.09 Jan 2019HANSARDQuality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My noble friend knows an awful lot more about House of Lords procedure than I do, so I seek her advice. If I were in the other place, as I was for 26 years, I would know exactly…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I will bowl her an easy ball. On page 9 of the statutory instrument, paragraph (6) mentions “appropriate authority” and refers to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. What…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019No, not a googly; the opposite.09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I want to make two brief points. First, I want to pick up the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Deben. I agree that we have been unfair to the Minister. She has been…09 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords—09 Jan 2019