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HANSARDBrexit: Foreign Language Teaching and Public Service InterpretingMy Lords, it is a splendid initiative of my noble friend Lady Coussins to have this on our Order Paper. It is a little bit sad that not one single person on the Back Benches of…23 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionMy Lords, will the Leader of the House answer two questions arising from the Statement? First, will she recognise that the Prime Minister’s description of her inability to rule…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I support the amendment and point out, as have others, that this Bill is being brought forward in a totally different context from when it was debated and passed in the…21 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Stability of the UnionMy Lords, future generations of historians mulling over and analysing the dysfunction and muddle of the Brexit negotiations will, I suspect, have particular difficulty…17 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Support for Remaining in the EUMy Lords, does the Minister recognise that in the situation we are now in, there is no realistic possibility of settling this matter before 29 March other than by a default…16 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionMy Lords, can the Minister help the House by describing the implications of the most favoured nation provisions of the World Trade Organization—of which both we and the European…14 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationMy Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, and I agree with much of what he said. This is obviously a crucial moment for the outcome of this negotiation. It…14 Jan 2019HANSARDWestern BalkansMy Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Helic, on getting this debate with such perfect timing. It is almost one year to the day after your Lordships’ International…10 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal AgreementMy Lords, when we had the Statement after the European Council on 13 and 14 December, I asked the Leader of the House a simple question, and she said that she would write to me. I…07 Jan 2019