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HANSARDEU–UK Partnership CouncilMy Lords, I of course very much agree with my noble friend’s question, and she is right to refer to the spirit of constructiveness. It is natural that the disputes catch…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEU–UK Partnership CouncilMy Lords, obviously we have inherited the REACH programme in the retained EU law that came on to the statute books and in the TCA. It is something we keep under close review, and…16 Dec 2021HANSARDRetained European Union LawMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his good will, and I extend good will to all Members of this House. If I am forced into a false choice, it will be Christmas future, because I…16 Dec 2021HANSARDRetained European Union LawMy Lords, the noble Baroness is of course right in saying that retained EU law was brought on to our statute book for reasons of convenience and a smooth transition. It does not…16 Dec 2021HANSARDRetained European Union LawI very much agree with my noble friend. It is of course a problem that, even though we have agreed new subsidy control provisions in the TCA—and of course we are bringing our own…16 Dec 2021HANSARDRetained European Union LawMy Lords, the Written Ministerial Statement referred to sets out full details of the two reviews of retained EU law. I and other responsible Ministers are of course ready to…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEU–UK Partnership CouncilMy Lords, the noble Earl is right that there is a provision to agree an MoU. Indeed, there were discussions at the start of this year provisionally to agree that text. Those…16 Dec 2021HANSARDRetained European Union LawThe noble Lord makes an extremely good point. It is obviously possible and has been the case for a regulation with direct effect to be agreed in Brussels, perhaps despite us…16 Dec 2021HANSARDRetained European Union LawMy Lords, I would be very happy to publish such an organogram—I think we will need an A2 or maybe an A1 piece of paper to get it all on. But it is still a lot less complicated…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEuropean Union: Border Control ChecksMy Lords, I have had the opportunity to look briefly at the report that is referred to, which as always is an extremely comprehensive and worthwhile assessment of the state of…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEuropean Union: Border Control ChecksMy Lords, the Government are fully prepared for the introduction of border import controls and, as previously announced, will introduce these controls on 1 January for EU goods…16 Dec 2021HANSARDRetained European Union LawMy Lords, regulatory freedom is one of the advantages of Brexit, not one of the disadvantages. We now have a choice as to whether we proceed nationally in regulations and…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEuropean Union: Border Control ChecksMy Lords, the Brexit support fund was indeed not fully used, which suggested to us that it was not the best means of providing support to companies. That is why we have brought in…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEuropean Union: Border Control ChecksMy Lords, as I said, businesses have already shown a great capacity to adapt to new rules; people will need to adjust to them. The controls coming into force in January are UK…16 Dec 2021HANSARDRetained European Union LawMy Lords, obviously we are in the middle of a negotiation that continues to cover a wide range of issues, including the democratic deficit that the noble Baroness mentions.…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEU–UK Partnership CouncilMy Lords, I very much agree with the thrust of the question of the noble Baroness. I think it is well known that we have wanted to get the Horizon arrangements up and running for…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEuropean Union: Border Control ChecksMy Lords, I think we are ending the year on a positive note. We have had a year’s experience of running the Trade and Co-operation Agreement; we have the governance arrangements…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEuropean Union: Border Control ChecksMy Lords, I think it is reasonable that we should bring in controls as we see fit, in a staged and controlled way over time, so that companies have time to adjust to them. That…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEuropean Union: Border Control ChecksMy Lords, I am not sure that I share the characterisation that Northern Ireland is both part of the United Kingdom and part of the EU. It is certainly in a somewhat different…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEuropean Union: Border Control ChecksThe noble Lord makes an extremely good point. If I may dwell on it for a moment, it is obviously true that the legal framework for Northern Ireland and Ireland goods coming to…16 Dec 2021