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HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]Yes, I will reply on that point. As I said, there will be differences in food production standards, production capabilities and so on because we are looking at having trade…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for those comments. I can say firmly that our commitment to those conventions is firm and absolute. It is essential to us that we do not derogate our…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]I will not get drawn into the debate on that, but I think that would be 1,800%, rather than 180%. However, the point is that the noble Lord is right to raise the matter of the…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords for their significant contributions to this important section of the debate. I will go through the key points one by one. In joining CPTPP we are securing our…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]I am grateful, as always, for the debate we have had around these important points. I hope noble Lords will agree that I have covered in previous groups the importance of…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank noble Lords for this important series of amendments and the discussion that we have been able to have around them. Since this relates to investor-state dispute…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble Lord. We did accede, in terms of their negotiating priorities, to do that. We have long-lasting relationships with Australia and New Zealand, and we are…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]I thank my noble friend Lady Lawlor for her Amendments 36 and 37. I can assure her that exporters in Northern Ireland will benefit from CPTPP in the same way as exporters across…14 Dec 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023.13 Dec 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, these regulations were laid before the House on 16 October 2023 under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. The retained EU law Act brought about…13 Dec 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank the noble Lord, Lord Leong, as I always do, for his wise words. I will say no more than that.13 Dec 2023HANSARDEmployment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023. Relevant document: 3rd Report from the Secondary…13 Dec 2023HANSARDEmployment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023My Lords, on 12 May 2023, the Government launched a consultation on three areas that could benefit from reform and where we could remove unnecessary bureaucracy: record-keeping…13 Dec 2023HANSARDEmployment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023As always, I thank noble Lords for their valuable input in this crucial statutory instrument debate. I also join in the thanks to the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, and welcome…13 Dec 2023HANSARDEmployment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023I am always delighted to talk about the trade and co-operation agreement, as it is one of my favoured specialist areas, but I am not sure what the noble Lord wants me to refer to.…13 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a constant pleasure to debate with such intellectual firepowers as the noble Lords, Lord McNicol and Lord Purvis, and my noble friend Lord Lansley. It is a joy to…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]I apologise to my noble friend, but that is not how I read it. It is linked to designation—that is, if origin and geographical indication conflict with trademarks. It would be…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]As always, I am grateful to noble Lords for their points. Clearly, it is easy to confuse trademarks and geographical indications. With geographical indications, there is a…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble Lord for his intervention. The principle here is ensuring that our procurement laws cover our own activities, so it is right to clarify where that is…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]I will do that and, on the other point, clarify where I think there may be a misunderstanding about the conformity assessment bodies and our current imports. Do not forget that we…07 Dec 2023