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HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018There were roundtable discussions, not a formal consultation that was put online. It was a group of stakeholders that the Department thought were the relevant ones. The Department…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I do not want to mislead my hon. Friend. I do not know about this specific case, but I could give him other examples in which the Department has consulted with stakeholders. I…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018May I clarify that I should probably not have used that expression? I really meant a hard Brexit or leaving without a deal, but I used a euphemism. I find that Opposition…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I think we have covered the consultation. The hon. Gentleman’s point is that we should have published the response as if it were a formal consultation, but I have accepted that it…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I can clarify that it was not like a Select Committee inquiry, which is online and public. This was a series of meetings of stakeholders to talk about the issues, so it is not a…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My understanding is that it was published in December and therefore is available on the website and through every other form of public means. I do accept that they were not in…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I will clarify the position. I agree with your position, Sir Edward, and I will ensure that in future, if I am involved in statutory instruments, and if the documents are…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I agree.11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I shall do my best to go through the many points that have been raised. I hope that I can persuade Opposition Members to rethink their objection to the statutory instrument—I very…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I accept fully that that is the Opposition’s intention, but I felt that I should make it as clear as I can that the regulations are not intended to make any significant change to…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018. It is normally said as a…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I cannot let the hon. Gentleman know, because I do not think that is the case, but I am sure I will be corrected if it is. Certainly, I have not been informed that the statutory…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I hope that the hon. Gentleman will hear me out, because I do not think it is as huge as he does. We sometimes disagree on things, but I think it is fair to say that his heart is…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I could correct that bit about the hon. Member for Huddersfield’s heart if it would pre-empt the hon. Gentleman’s question.11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018If the hon. Gentleman will give me a few minutes, I will finish. If he is not satisfied with what I have to say, I will be happy to take his questions. On the point made by the…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I shall do my best. Impact assessments are worked out on what is called the de minimis threshold. That means that if the impact is expected to be less than, from memory, £5…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Yes. I will continue and then, if this is acceptable, Sir Edward, I can pick up other points after I have finished, if hon. Members feel that I have not covered them. The shadow…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018If the hon. Lady does not mind, I will not. I will be finished in literally two minutes. These regulations will provide certainty, clarity and, as far as possible, continuity for…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Yes.11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I will do my best to answer those questions. I may have misled the hon. Lady on the impact assessment. I thought she was referring just to the charities. We published three full…11 Feb 2019