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HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Lord for his question. We will come to GSPs in a later debate; if the perceptive points he made are not answered then, I will perhaps write to him. Secondly, I…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I have nothing to add to those perceptive comments from my noble friend.13 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I welcome this amendment, put down by the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, and the noble Baroness, Lady Suttie. As I told the House on the first day of Committee, and…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I will address Amendments 71 and 72, tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Clement-Jones and Lord Freyberg. I express my sympathy to the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg, having…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Lord for that question. The arrangements that we have put in place in discussion with the committees for the Japan free trade agreement relate to the fact that…08 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Lord for his question. I will write to him and place a copy of my reply in the Library.08 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillIt must have been hard enough following my remarks without a break, so I hope that noble Lords do not find it even harder now. Once an FTA has been negotiated, it will need to be…08 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillI thank my noble friend and I will certainly think about it. The comments he makes are perfectly rational. It is not for me to impinge on the prerogative of the Leader of the…08 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillI have noted carefully the noble Baroness’s comments. I am sure that both I and other Committee members will consider them carefully.08 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I will now address Amendments 28, 29, 30 and 32, in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Purvis of Tweed and Lord Bassam of Brighton, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer.…08 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, the amendments that I will speak to now all relate to the crucial role of parliamentary scrutiny. Having listened carefully to the words of the noble Lord, Lord…08 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, no one listening to this debate today could be in any doubt about the importance that noble Lords attach to the maintenance of the highest standards in the areas that we…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, of course I apologise if I caused any confusion in my remarks —but I stand by them. It would require a statutory process for these food standards to be altered.06 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillThe noble Lord raises two good points. On the first point, I will, if I may, write to him setting out in more detail the disadvantages and advantages that I see of the negative as…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, it has certainly been an erudite and extraordinarily interesting debate, and I congratulate all noble Lords who have taken part in it. I certainly understand the point…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Lord for that question. I draw no distinction between our negotiating objectives, which were made public before we started the US FTA negotiations, and the…01 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Baroness for those comments. If she, as an experienced hand, is prepared to lend some of her experience to a new boy, I would be delighted to receive it. I…01 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am sure noble Lords remember that when they first entered your Lordships’ House, they would occasionally find it hard to remember how to get from A to B. There have…01 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Baroness for those comments. I have carefully noted them.29 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, before I come to Amendments 11, 18, 33 and 45, I want to put on record that we have heard some very powerful views on human rights expressed by noble Lords in the…29 Sept 2020