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HANSARDUnmanned Aircraft (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, the main thrust of these regulations is to make changes to existing EU legislation on unmanned aircraft. They result from leaving the EU and, where references to bodies,…07 Dec 2020HANSARDWales: Customs SitesPutting aside the issue of having to drive 100 miles or 175 miles in order to have your load checked, meaning that you have to go to one of two places, I am interested to know the…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, for putting forward so much detail behind this amendment, which clearly lays out the course of…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I rise to support Amendments 37 and 50 and slightly to push the point that the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, just mentioned, that the words “teaching profession” appear…23 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dunlop, and to echo many of the points he has just made, caution being one of them and care for the union another. I want to…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for raising this issue. It is of significance, and the Government will need to make some clear statements in order to avoid a…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 21 to which the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, has spoken. It seems to me that the clarification that the amendment is seeking is to…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, is detained in another part of your Lordships’ House. I will move Amendment 15 and speak to Amendments 30 and 64 in this group, which…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThis has been a very thoughtful debate. I think that it has got to the heart of the problem, which is how the UK Government regard the whole devolution settlement and the way that…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I shall address Amendment 54 in my name. As the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, said in moving her amendment, it harks back to debates we have had on the mysterious absence…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I happen to have spent 10 years of my life working on the mutual recognition of qualifications in Europe. I left that role and, 20 years after that, it was applied to…28 Oct 2020HANSARDTown and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020I thank the Minister, but first, I congratulate the noble Lords, Lord Sikka and Lord Lancaster, on their excellent maiden speeches today. They have both demonstrated the…27 Oct 2020HANSARDTown and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020My Lords, I have two interconnected reasons for tabling this debate today: first, to examine the significance of the measures in these regulations, and, secondly, to scrutinise…27 Oct 2020HANSARDTown and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020That this House regrets that the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 (SI 2020/755), the Town and Country Planning…27 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, these amendments have been prepared by the Welsh Government and have their support; I am pleased to support them. The Welsh Government, as noble Lords know, are…26 Oct 2020HANSARDPrisons: RemandTo ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on (1) prisons, (2) prisoners, and (3) those on remand, of increasing the maximum period of remand in…21 Oct 2020HANSARDPrisons: RemandMy Lords, the Government tell me that they do not collect data on the number of people held in custody on remand. They now introduce regulations to extend remand to nearly eight…21 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Desai, because I want to talk about the union—the union of which we are all members. I remind the Government that the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDRolls-RoyceMy Lords, this pre-Covid decision by Rolls-Royce has an appalling effect upon the skilled workers in that company and, at the same time, on those workers who are to follow.…14 Oct 2020