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HANSARDBrexit: Protection for WorkersI have been in this House long enough to see what goes on. I think I have been in this House slightly longer than the noble Lord was in another place. Conservative Governments…07 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Protection for WorkersI can tell the noble and learned Lord that we are delighted that we will no longer come under the influence or aegis of the Court of Justice of the European Union, but obviously…07 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Protection for WorkersI think the noble Lord will find that my right honourable friend referred to HMRC as one of the bodies that might be brought into some new enforcement body. As he made clear, it…07 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Protection for WorkersWould the noble Lord like unemployment levels at the same rate we see in France, or would he prefer to see employment and unemployment levels at the rates we have in this country,…07 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Protection for WorkersI am sorry that the noble Lord takes a faintly negative attitude to the announcement we have made today, particularly in the light of all that we have done—and propose to do—to…07 Mar 2019HANSARDEnergy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 27 November, 17, 19, 20 December 2018, 21 and 30 January be approved. Relevant document s : 10th and 16th Report s from the…06 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Small BusinessesMy Lords, I am satisfied that there is capacity to deal with those businesses which want or need to do so.05 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Small BusinessesMy Lords, without having seen that report in the Financial Times , I cannot comment on it but I can make it clear that my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for…05 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Small BusinessesMy Lords, we have been offering advice to businesses as to what they ought to do. We also made it clear in the document we published last week that we think a lot of businesses…05 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Small BusinessesMy Lords, all I can do is to repeat the position we are in at the moment. No deal is the default position. What is important is that we get a deal; that is what my right…05 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Small BusinessesMy Lords, the Government have provided ample communication setting out the steps that businesses need to take to prepare for a no-deal scenario. As we set out in Implications for…05 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Small BusinessesMy Lords, I do not accept that. What is important is that we get a deal, and that is what we should all be behind. That is what businesses want and what we should all look for.05 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Small BusinessesMy Lords, I remind the noble Baroness that no deal is the legal default position as agreed by both Houses, and that until we agree a deal, that will remain the case. What is…05 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Small BusinessesMy Lords, the important thing is that businesses themselves get their act together and apply for the licences. As we made clear in that document last week—and this is why we…05 Mar 2019HANSARDProduct Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The figure that I have is 2.54 kilograms, but I am quite happy to be corrected.04 Mar 2019HANSARDProduct Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I forget who it was who said, “Never apologise, never explain”, but I will start with an apology for the sheer size of this SI, which has received some comment—not just…04 Mar 2019HANSARDProduct Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I will certainly write to the noble Baroness on that and I hope that we can give further and better particulars, as they say in the law. She will then know exactly whom we have…04 Mar 2019HANSARDProduct Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is not a direct cost of the SI; it is a cost of leaving the EU. That is why it was not part of the impact assessment. I will, as I am planning to do for one or two other…04 Mar 2019HANSARDProduct Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That will be a matter for the deal. I was talking about what was publicly available from RAPEX. What we will make available and other such matters go beyond what we are debating…04 Mar 2019HANSARDNational Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2019My Lords, the regulations were laid before the House on 28 January 2019. Their purpose is to increase the national living wage and all the national minimum wage rates from 1 April…04 Mar 2019