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HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillAgain, I thank noble Lords for their contributions on this group. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, and the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for their attention to the important issues…10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, for notification of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 27 stand part of…10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillIt may be helpful if I say that I understand the noble Baroness’s point about guidance. It is very much our intention to publish the draft guidance before Report. I will keep the…10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillI thank the noble Lord for that suggestion; I will make sure that we look at it and take it up. Again, it may even be something that we can mention in the guidance as a point of…10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for those points. I will answer them as best as I can because there are some technical issues underlying this. I hope noble Lords will not mind if I…10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to debate this important Bill in Grand Committee. I would first like to speak to a group of technical amendments tabled in my name, starting with…10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillI thank the noble Lord for that intervention. From talking to some of the arbitration bodies, I know that the way they operate is that, when a case like this comes to a body for…10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 8, I am pleased to speak also to Amendments 9 to Clause 27. Both are in my name. Clause 27 provides a power to apply provisions of the Bill again in…10 Feb 2022HANSARDEU: ImportsMy Lords, I have already referred to the efforts that the Foreign Secretary is putting into this matter. My many years of experience —both in this House and outside—have taught me…01 Feb 2022HANSARDEU: ImportsMy Lords, I am sure that the harbour authorities at Dover would be delighted to receive visits from Members of your Lordships’ House, whenever they wished to go there.01 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.01 Feb 2022HANSARDEU: ImportsMy noble friend raises an important point. We are absolutely committed to ensuring that businesses get the support they need. It is very interesting that, in 2021, trade with…01 Feb 2022HANSARDCPTPP (International Agreements Committee Report)I apologise to the noble Lord. I should have said “brief”—I misnoted it as “consult”. However, I can equally confirm to him that we will not brief the EU on our negotiations.…01 Feb 2022HANSARDEU: ImportsI agree with the noble Lord. Harmonious arrangements and harmonious affairs between nations are the way to increase trade and investment, and we all benefit from that. Let us hope…01 Feb 2022HANSARDCPTPP (International Agreements Committee Report)My Lords, let me try to clear up that confusion, which I probably unwittingly added to. I know from my contact with investors that they all welcome some form of arrangements which…01 Feb 2022