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HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I apologise for creating such a fuss, and I thank the Whip for intervening on my behalf. The Minister has made a lot of the need to future-proof this Bill. Indeed, part…18 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, is right: I found cause to agree with her opening statement, as I did with the noble Lords, Lord Foulkes and Lord Cormack, and others.…18 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I express my sympathy and support for the amendments set out by the noble Baroness, Lady Rawlings. She makes a good point, and she has my support as a science graduate.…09 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, it is a great honour to be speaking towards the end of this long debate, in which so many distinguished, wise and opinionated speakers have held forth. This debate…09 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillWith every answer, there come more questions, I am afraid. The Minister sought to explain that the devolved authorities will still be able to spend the money—I think those were…09 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his answer. I have two questions. First, does the Minister understand the difference between a voluntary activity and a voluntary activity where…04 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillPerhaps the noble Lord can put his point in writing, or speak after the Minister if it is a question to him. Enormous care is needed, at the very least, but it is not clear in the…04 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, once again this has been a short but important debate. I congratulate noble Lords on speaking on this. Once again, I find myself in complete agreement with the noble…04 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, at the outset I should say that, because of my past but discontinued interests, I will not be speaking to the specifics of the example that the noble Baroness, Lady…04 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI much appreciate the Minister’s answer. The questions I asked about university tuition fees were in the light of having read his letter, which my noble friend Lord Purvis made…04 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 150 and 156, and indeed broadly support Amendment 149. My noble friend Lady Bowles, in characterising the information-gathering powers that are…04 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the quality of this relatively short debate on a really important issue. In his speech, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris, emphasised the need to…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI appreciate the Minister’s reply on the important points put forward. Whether the amendments of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, are adopted or there is some other form…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, so far there have been four groups of amendments dealing with the CMA and the OIM, and three different Ministers fielding. That perhaps summarises the fragmented nature…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, my name is on this amendment, and I am pleased to support it and to follow the very clear explanation that we have just heard. I speak briefly to subsections (3) and (4)…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, with all due respect to the Minister, I am sure he understands how unsatisfactory that answer was. My noble friend Lord Thomas of Gresford talked about the gobbledegook…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s response. In her speech, the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, asked some very specific questions, particularly in the stand part bit of her…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank the noble Baroness for her answer. I heard the answer she gave two groups ago, which is why I did not repeat the question; I actually asked a different question, about the…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, as I suspected, the speakers who came after me made a far more powerful case for these amendments than I could have managed. The noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, expressed…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI sometimes wonder whether the Minister sustains himself through the long periods of Committee by imagining himself throwing off the yoke of hideous EU conformity. In fact,…28 Oct 2020