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HANSARDHome Care WorkersMy Lords, we are dealing with the pay of individuals and the travel costs between the two visits. I have tried to set out what the law is, and I think that it is perfectly clear.…28 Jan 2019HANSARDHome Care WorkersMy Lords, we believe it is vital that they are paid properly and that is why we gave advice to local authorities on how they should perform their duties. I repeated that advice on…28 Jan 2019HANSARDHome Care WorkersMy Lords, I did not want to comment on any individual case, but what my noble friend has said sounds completely and utterly wrong. As I have said, the law is clear. I recommend…28 Jan 2019HANSARDHome Care WorkersMy Lords, the law is clear: workers are entitled to the minimum wage for time spent travelling from one client to another. The Government are committed to enforcing minimum wage…28 Jan 2019HANSARDClimate ChangeMy Lords, the debate is due to end at 5.55 pm, so I hope the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, will understand if I eat into any time that he was hoping to use to wind up at the end of…24 Jan 2019HANSARDNuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I shall be increasingly careful about what words I use when I speak in front of distinguished lawyers such as the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. I will try to avoid using…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTransfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I do not think that those orders related to my department. The noble Lord will be aware from his time as a Minister that all Ministers answer from the Dispatch Box on behalf of…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTransfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Either I will write to him or the noble Lord will be aware that fairly soon—when we have finished with my regulations, whenever that will be and whether I get the sweets from the…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTransfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I thought it was implicit in the regulations. I thought I made that clear in my opening remarks. I hope that will satisfy the noble Lord.22 Jan 2019HANSARDTransfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I have now set that out. These regulations have been to the appropriate scrutiny committees. They have not queried that part of the Explanatory Memorandum, and I do not…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTransfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2018As I think I made clear, in the event of a deal during the transition period we revert to the old 2008 regulations and they remain in effect for the implementation period.…22 Jan 2019HANSARDNuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I will write to the noble Lord about the precise moment, but we are moving towards that in terms of the extra staff the ONR is seeking to recruit.22 Jan 2019HANSARDNuclear Safeguards (Fissionable Material and Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 29 November 2018 be approved. Relevant document: 9th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Sub-Committee B )22 Jan 2019HANSARDNuclear Safeguards (Fissionable Material and Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I was going to move this and the next set of regulations jointly, as set out on the Order Paper. However, I received a request from the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, and I am…22 Jan 2019HANSARDNuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations 2018The noble Lord is absolutely right and he gave a very good definition for the layman. Given his expertise, we would not dismiss him as such, but he gave a very good layman’s…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTransfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I start with the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, when he referred to orders that seem to have been removed from the Order Paper. I did not quite catch the…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTransfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, this instrument will ensure that the UK maintains high standards for the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel in the event of no…22 Jan 2019HANSARDNuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, these regulations set out the detailed legal framework for the United Kingdom’s new domestic civil nuclear safeguards regime after withdrawal from the European Atomic…22 Jan 2019HANSARDNuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 29 November 2018 be approved. Relevant document: 9th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Sub-Committee B )22 Jan 2019HANSARDNuclear Safeguards (Fissionable Material and Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I hope that I can deal with most of the points that have been made in the debate by noble Lords. If I miss any, perhaps on Regulation 4, we will be able to catch up on…22 Jan 2019