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HANSARDUK–EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Meetings of BodiesMy Lords, the TCA provides for a civil society forum. It has to be balanced between UK and EU business and civil society groups to discuss the implementation of the agreement. We…27 May 2021HANSARDUK–EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Meetings of BodiesMy Lords, I am happy to accept responsibility for many things but I do not think I can reasonably accept that I affected the result on Saturday night. As regards creatives, of…27 May 2021HANSARDUK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Regions and Industrial SectorsMy Lords, the Government routinely publish a wide range of analysis on the UK economy and will continue to do so as appropriate. Many bodies, such as the OBR, also regularly…27 May 2021HANSARDUK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Regions and Industrial SectorsMy Lords, I read the ONS report with interest. It confirms the position on trade, which I have set out on several occasions before: that there are a number of factors prevailing…27 May 2021HANSARDUK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Regions and Industrial SectorsMy Lords, I agree with my noble friend that there are huge opportunities from Brexit, and we are taking those forward as set out in the Government’s legislative programme: a…27 May 2021HANSARDUK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Regions and Industrial SectorsMy Lords, I looked at the CER report with a lot of interest. It is one in a series of reports that has, I think, been subject to some methodological debate, at least. I am not…27 May 2021HANSARDUK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Regions and Industrial SectorsMy Lords, one of the great benefits of ceasing to be a member of the European Union was that we could establish our own immigration system, and indeed we have done so, on the…27 May 2021HANSARDUK-EU Trade and Co-operation AgreementMy Lords, it is inevitable that there will be quite a large number of issues to be dealt with as a result of the new relationship between us and the European Union. The noble…29 Apr 2021HANSARDVice-President of the European CommissionMy Lords, the question of support for business in this new environment is being taken forward by a large number of government departments, at all levels. We have a good dialogue…29 Apr 2021HANSARDVice-President of the European CommissionMy Lords, I am in relatively frequent contact, remotely and face to face, with Vice-President Šefčovič. I am not sure that I can commit to meeting before every one of those…29 Apr 2021HANSARDVice-President of the European CommissionMy Lords, I very much agree with my noble friend. One of the huge benefits of Brexit is that we can set regulations and rules for ourselves, for our own conditions and our own…29 Apr 2021HANSARDVice-President of the European CommissionMy Lords, I am always happy to meet Members of this House on EU exit and the practical issues that have emerged from it. On the broader point that the noble Baroness makes, the…29 Apr 2021HANSARDVice-President of the European CommissionMy Lords, this is possibly not the moment to get into textual exegesis of HMRC guidance. I can say that we are doing our best to support UK businesses dealing with the practical…29 Apr 2021HANSARDVice-President of the European CommissionMy Lords, I last met Vice-President Šefčovič informally, in Brussels, on 15 April. That was principally to discuss the Northern Ireland protocol. No date for a future meeting has…29 Apr 2021HANSARDIreland/Northern Ireland ProtocolMy Lords, as I have noted, the situation in Northern Ireland has complex roots and it is important that all those engaging and dealing with it do so with the intention of…29 Apr 2021HANSARDIreland/Northern Ireland ProtocolWe are obviously very much at the preliminary stages of the dispute settlement process to which my noble friend refers. I hope that, on reflection, the EU will agree with us that…29 Apr 2021HANSARDIreland/Northern Ireland ProtocolI indeed have happy memories of negotiating the current protocol, back in 2019, when our primary task was to deal with the unsatisfactory situation that we had been bequeathed;…29 Apr 2021HANSARDIreland/Northern Ireland ProtocolMy Lords, the extension of the grace period is central to managing our practical discussions with the Commission on solving the current protocol arrangements. We have published…29 Apr 2021HANSARDIreland/Northern Ireland ProtocolMy Lords, this is indeed an important and urgent matter. Our ambassadors and embassies are talking to member states to establish the facts around what kinds of visas and processes…29 Apr 2021HANSARDIreland/Northern Ireland ProtocolMy Lords, I assure my noble friend that we very much encourage the Commission—at all levels, from Vice-President Šefčovič and his team down—to engage with those who have…29 Apr 2021