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HANSARDEmployment Rights (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 14 January be approved.06 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment Rights (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 31 October 2018 be approved.06 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 14 January be approved.06 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018I had completely and utterly forgotten the noble Lord’s obsession with commencement dates in the excitement of dealing with orders of this sort. It might be that inspiration comes…06 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their comments. The noble Lord, Lord Monks, complained that these regulations had possibly been drafted before the talks were concluded. I…06 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018My Lords, I hope I shall speak also to the other three sets of employment rights regulations before the House on the Order Paper. These SIs are part of a package of measures that…06 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 31 October 2018 be approved.06 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I am very grateful to all those who have spoken. I was particularly grateful to hear the noble Baroness say—I think I have this right—the words, “job done”. I hope we…06 Feb 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, as I have said, these are matters which the UK courts can take into consideration. However, the judgments of international courts are not binding on them. I think that I…06 Feb 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, if the noble Lord, Lord Warner, will allow me, I was trying to say that, first, I want to continue discussions with them and we will do that. I do not believe that we…06 Feb 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 27 November 2018 be approved. Debated in Grand Committee on 14 January.06 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 28 November 2018 be approved. Debated in Grand Committee on 14 January .06 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, as with earlier instruments on exhaustion and patents, this was debated on 14 January in Grand Committee, where noble Lords raised questions about the consultation and…06 Feb 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, some of us still read books, and some of us still read letters. I shall not follow up the Scottish exchanges that have just taken place; I shall start with the letter…06 Feb 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I think that deals with the point about modern technology—but I deal in letters, and mine is six and half pages of A4. I hope we are all talking about the same letter, which I…06 Feb 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018If there are findings that it is necessary to publish I give an assurance those will be published. If the noble Lord will bear with me, I want to talk about the future and make it…06 Feb 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 28 November 2018 be approved. Debated in Grand Committee on 14 January .06 Feb 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018They will have advice, as is appropriate, from the Government, and the IPO will offer that. However, we cannot force the EU to take a more favourable position to mitigate this…06 Feb 2019HANSARDNissan in SunderlandMy Lords, before I answer any of the questions put to me by noble Lords, may I correct myself? I think I misread from my right honourable friend’s Statement, in that I suggested…05 Feb 2019HANSARDNissan in SunderlandMy Lords, it is open to any company to apply for any funds that are available, as my right honourable friend made clear in the Statement, and that will be reviewed in the proper…05 Feb 2019