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HANSARDChemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I think that is a yes.21 Mar 2019HANSARDInterserveMy Lords, the Minister shows great calm, as usual, on these issues. In fact, this squabble was played out across the City pages for weeks. The players in that squabble were the…20 Mar 2019HANSARDState Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the noble Lord for beginning to flesh this out. Rather than continue the debate here, it would be helpful if the Minister could go back to his department and then write to…14 Mar 2019HANSARDState Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister may have answered this question, so I apologise if I missed it. In dealing with the shared prosperity fund and its disbursement, we come back to that paradigm of what…14 Mar 2019HANSARDState Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019We would be satisfied with that kind of comment if we knew what vehicle the debate about these future issues will come in. Will it be in primary legislation brought to this House…14 Mar 2019HANSARDState Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, in the event that the proposition put prior to this debate by the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, comes to pass, and this SI is not needed, my time will not have been wasted: a…14 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, on Report your Lordships have already voted through an amendment that creates a process for Parliament’s involvement in setting a mandate for future trade deals and for…13 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, we have heard many times about the soft power of education as it reaches out around the world. This is a way of collecting hard data about the economic benefit to this…13 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade Bill13 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I congratulate those Peers who have taken part in the debate. The noble Baroness, Lady Bull, the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, and the noble Lords, Lord Berkeley and Lord…13 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Small BusinessesMy Lords, the overwhelming cry coming from businesses large and small is: “Tell us what our trading environment will be in 25 days’ time”. Does the Minister really think that any…05 Mar 2019HANSARDShipments of Radioactive Substances (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank the Minister very much for presenting this statutory instrument. Obviously, this is not just a consequence of the Brexit decision but of the Euratom decision, so…26 Feb 2019HANSARDShipments of Radioactive Substances (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I guessed it was Wales. The noble Lord mentioned competent authorities, and obviously the ONR is a competent authority to handle this kind of material. What extra competence is…26 Feb 2019HANSARDShipments of Radioactive Substances (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the Minister for that. I realise that his colleague is always right, but do we have any inkling as to how this question will be resolved? In other words, is the…26 Feb 2019HANSARDCarriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this statutory instrument. I am enjoying the novelty of dealing with one that is not related to Brexit, so it is almost like a…26 Feb 2019HANSARDCarriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019There is another point to consider. Essential to this is the definition of an emergency worker. Is it someone who is predetermined as an emergency worker? We have heard of the…26 Feb 2019HANSARDCarriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019That is slightly helpful, so I thank the Minister, but I am still troubled by what I call the first first responder, who may well be on the scene without the necessary equipment…26 Feb 2019HANSARDCarriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019I would appreciate that.26 Feb 2019HANSARDElectricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That was the point I was trying to make.26 Feb 2019HANSARDElectricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I think we are down to the hard core now. If I were a member of the EU 27 and I were sitting over there listening to this, I would detect a pulling up of the drawbridge, because…26 Feb 2019