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HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThe Minister will be aware that the current structural fund does not reach many regions across the United Kingdom, compared, I think, to the planned extent of the new shared…09 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, throughout the many stages of this debate the common frameworks have been given a great airing, and many of your Lordships have had a chance to vent their respective…09 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, as the Minister set out, this group relates to state aid, the Competition and Markets Authority and the office for the internal market. At Report, your Lordships removed…09 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, this has been, again, a short but important debate. I thank the previous speakers and I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, for his detailed…09 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillBy whom?09 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, I will take the amendments in the opposite order to the Minister, if the House is happy with that. The delegated powers issue has…09 Dec 2020HANSARDREACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, at the start of this debate, the disembodied voice of the Minister floated out over the Chamber. I was reminded of an airline pilot seeking to calm his passengers as…08 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia Pension FundIn answer to a similar question from me last week, the noble Baroness, Lady Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, said: “Where there is evidence of bad practice, it is taken up through…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, this has been necessarily a short debate, but it has been an incredibly high quality debate. We have heard, from all the speakers, a high level of understanding of the…07 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionIn an answer yesterday, the Minister Paul Scully noted that “The independent Pensions Regulator has a range of powers to protect pension schemes”.—[ Official Report , Commons,…03 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, when the Bill entered your Lordships’ House, it presented many problems—not to put too fine a point on it. It is a great honour to follow the noble and learned Lord,…02 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, this has again been a high-quality debate. It is an honour to follow the noble Duke, the Duke of Montrose, who spoke with great wisdom. In offering Her Majesty’s…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, once again, this has been a very widespread and high-quality debate. To the Minister, who has not had the benefit of the soap opera that you tend to have on Report, I…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, the debate on this amendment has been relatively short, but the Minister should not conclude from that that it is unimportant. The reason why the debate has been short…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for attempting to answer my final question but I fear that she may have been wrongly advised. Clause 31 states: “The CMA may from time to time…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, it has been very helpful to hear the Minister. His description of the intergovernmental discussions is very important and we wish the Government good speed on that. If…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, many noble Lords have railed against the virtual process, but the serendipitous arrival of the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, is perhaps justification for having a virtual…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThat is just proof that you can take the Peer out of Tesco but not Tesco out of the Peer. My noble friend Lady Randerson hinted that she thought the Minister might be developing…23 Nov 2020HANSARDFarming: New EntrantsMy Lords, more than 50 years ago, my mum and dad got their first foot in farming through the tenancy of a county council holding. A survey by Who Owns Britain? shows that up to…23 Nov 2020