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HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I ask the noble Baroness to refrain from intervening from a sedentary position. What I said is that things will be different, and what we are trying to do is make sure that things…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018The noble Baroness is putting words into my mouth that I did not utter in saying that I thought British business would be at a significant disadvantage.14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018There is the Prime Minister’s deal, which I very much hope another place will agree to in due course. The noble Lord will be the first to accept that another deal might come…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That is not a matter for debate on this occasion. We are not discussing that.14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I will give way to the noble Lord in a minute, when I have finished. I can only answer points if I am allowed to complete them as they come up. We will try to get the no-deal…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I thought that we were debating the first set of regulations at this stage. We will get on to second set in due course as the noble Lord wishes. As the noble Baroness,…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018At this stage, I am not in a position to tell the noble Lord the result of that consultation, or those discussions. What I can say is that we will continue to try to get the right…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018It is important that we make sure that we are capable of dealing with no deal. That is why government has taken various actions for a no-deal scenario. At the same time,…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Could I finish this point? The Intellectual Property Office has been engaging with businesses across a number of sectors on the implications of exit since the referendum result.14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, there has been no formal consultation. Obviously, there have been informal discussions, as officials always have, but there has been no formal consultation by me and…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I will deal with consultation when I wind up this debate after the noble Baroness and others have spoken.14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Obviously, there will be changes once we move out. We are trying to set out what will happen to British businesses here. Obviously, we cannot control what happens in the EEA.…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I am making it clear to the Committee that they fall—they have no effect—if there is a deal. The point of them is to deal with the unlikely eventuality of there being no deal—or…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I am making it clear in my speech that these are no-deal regulations. They are described as EU exit regulations; that is the point behind them. In the event of there being no…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, what we are doing concerns the event the noble Lord is addressing—that is, if there is no deal. If there is no deal, we will need these regulations; if there is a deal,…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, no communications have come to me to the effect that the noble Lord wished to take these three regulations separately. My understanding was that we would take them…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018The noble Baroness and noble Lords opposite are having fun. I will continue.14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I am not giving way—14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Sit down. The noble Lord can wait a minute.14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, obviously I am in the hands of the Committee and I am quite happy to do whatever the Committee finds most convenient. I did not say that I would move all three en bloc;…14 Jan 2019