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HANSARDEmployment (Allocation of Tips) BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, very much indeed—she could always give me a tip for the work we are doing today, but I do not expect one. I pay tribute to my noble…03 Mar 2023HANSARDCarer’s Leave BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for introducing this debate. It was a highly eloquent, extremely thoughtful, very technical and, frankly, quite moving introduction to what I…03 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillHear, hear. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Leong, on a fabulous first outing at the Dispatch Box. I believe that he was in the same cohort as myself in October last year.…03 Mar 2023HANSARDElectric Cars: Export to EUI greatly thank the noble Lord for his intervention and for the important promotion of this industry. I say to anyone who is thinking of locating their business in Spain that…02 Mar 2023HANSARDElectric Cars: Export to EUIt strikes me that, if you want to have a second-hand car market in EVs in this country, you need to build more new EVs in the first place. That is why we are investing heavily in…02 Mar 2023HANSARDElectric Cars: Export to EUMy noble friend is clearly hoping to upgrade his car from his 23 year-old Range Rover. We are very aware of the need, as we are as individuals in this House, to ensure that the…02 Mar 2023HANSARDElectric Cars: Export to EUWe work with all our partners to ensure that trade with the European Union is as seamless and friction-free as possible, and I know that we all congratulate the Prime Minister on…02 Mar 2023HANSARDElectric Cars: Export to EUI am very grateful to the noble Lord for raising this point, and I hope I answered his Question to some extent. It is very important that we invest in future vehicle manufacture…02 Mar 2023HANSARDElectric Cars: Export to EUThe modern rules of origin we negotiated with the EU underpin our unprecedented zero-tariff, zero-quota trade agreement. These rules were developed with industry to reflect the…02 Mar 2023HANSARDElectric Cars: Export to EUThis is an ongoing commercial issue so it would not be appropriate for me to comment on some of the specific points that the noble Baroness makes. However, we did support…02 Mar 2023HANSARDSubsidy Control (Information-Gathering Powers) (Modification) Regulations 2022I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, for tabling this Motion and the noble Lords, Lord Dodds and Lord Fox, and the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, for their incredibly valuable…20 Feb 2023HANSARDSubsidy Control (Information-Gathering Powers) (Modification) Regulations 2022There are a number of useful procedural and technical reasons for doing that. The point is that the Subsidy Advice Unit is exactly that; it is an advisory unit which the devolved…20 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I draw noble Lords’ attention to my registered interests, including as the director of and person with significant control of AMP Ventures, and as a shareholder of and…08 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.08 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThat the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House that they consider the bill in the following order:…08 Feb 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI appreciate that intervention, and I will certainly do so. I am happy to have further meetings on this issue. I thank the noble Lord for that comment.23 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI thank my noble friend for those comments, and I will be happy to respond to both questions in writing. She raises the very important point that, to have security and trust in…23 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillThis is a consultative process designed to get as much as much input as possible into what is ultimately a negotiated outcome. As a House, we have the opportunity to vote on this…23 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI always appreciate the noble Lord’s interventions. Hopefully, I will cover this issue as I go through my notes. I will continue to go through these points because they are…23 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI thank my noble friend for those comments. I do not know our previous treaty structures—those that were pre-EU were long before I was alive, but I am happy to see whether these…23 Jan 2023