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HANSARDTrade Bill04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillIf the noble Lord reviews what I said in Hansard , he will see that I talked about two particular issues highlighted by the Migration Advisory Committee. In addition to listening…04 Feb 2019HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundMy Lords, in a letter in today’s Times , my noble friend Lord Thomas of Gresford makes it clear that the offer of cash subsidies to an MP for the benefit of constituents provided…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillIt will be very hard to do that—I was not suggesting that they should not have that support.04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillOn that last point, we keep talking about 29 March, but of course sales are already being made and shipping has already been arranged that may well arrive in this country or…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillIt helps somewhat, and I urge the Government to consult extensively with the care and food service sectors. Hygiene skills, for example, benefit the food sector a lot. I am sure…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for the minimal debate that we have had around this. I will look closely at Hansard , but I did not hear the Minister refer to the £30,000 threshold…04 Feb 2019HANSARDDigital Mapping: RestrictionsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they place restrictions on commercial companies seeking to digitally map towns and cities in the United Kingdom; and if not, why not.31 Jan 2019HANSARDDigital Mapping: RestrictionsI thank the Minister for his Answer. This is privately gathered data. There is at least one major high-definition survey going on, financed by a foreign-owned company that bases…31 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillThe noble Lord, Lord Lilley, before he had to hurry off, spoke of transparency as if it were a threat to negotiation. Speaking to another amendment earlier, the noble Baroness,…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillThe Ireland/Iceland point is actually very important. The noble Lord, Lord Hain, made a point earlier about cross-border activity—of midwives who live in the north of Ireland and…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord McNicol of West Kilbride, for introducing this group. As he pointed out, there are 17 amendments that cover objectives for future…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI do not think anyone on these Benches has said that the UK Government should be holding the other Governments to account for these actions. We are asking whether you understand…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, had we debated this amendment during the last session, the night before last, we would not have had the benefit of yesterday’s report from the IPPR think tank on the…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and Lord Lansley, for bringing this issue to your Lordships’ House. We support greatly the spirit on these Benches. The noble…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, the irony of this is that, if the EU was pursuing this activity, it would have to make all this information available and disclose it to the European Parliament. We are…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am sorry, I know it is late. To use CRaG as the safety net for this seems to be rather the wrong way around. We should be getting any future agreement right, rather than relying…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 5 and before going any further I want to associate ourselves positively with its spirit. We are probably going to hear the word “continuity”…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I agree with much of what has been said in the debate and your Lordships will be pleased to know that I will not repeat the arguments. I shall also try not to be one of…21 Jan 2019HANSARDNuclear Power: Future Energy NeedsMy Lords, the Minister said that the market has time to respond. The market has responded. EDF caught a cold and got cold feet, Toshiba has pulled out, Hitachi has pulled out.…17 Jan 2019