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HANSARDBrexit OpportunitiesMy Lords, the Minister’s predecessors in his position—the noble Lord, Lord True, who is sitting next to him, and the noble Lord, Lord Callanan—gave us repeated promises during the…16 Sept 2021HANSARDEU Bilateral Agreements for Asylum SeekersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in negotiating bilateral agreements with European Union member states for the return of asylum seekers arriving in the…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEU Bilateral Agreements for Asylum SeekersMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her Answer, but is not the answer that very little progress has actually been made? It would be nice if she acknowledged the fact that it…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 (Public Services Committee Report)I declare my interest as a Cumbria county councillor. This report from our Public Services Committee, chaired by my noble friend Lady Armstrong, is one of the best things that I…22 Jul 2021HANSARDFuture UK-EU Relationship on Professional and Business Services (EU Committee Report)My Lords, I join others in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Donaghy, and her committee on the quality of this report. It is about a crucial sector of the British economy…22 Jul 2021HANSARDTrade AgreementsI thank the noble Lord for his Answer. The purpose of my Question was to explore the priorities and processes that determine the Government’s trade policy. In a way, what I am…15 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I wholly support what my noble friend Lady Morris has said. There is an emphasis on local skills plans, but even if they are working well with good representation from across the…15 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I support what my noble friends Lady Wilcox and Lady Morris have said. I strongly support the case for more co-ordination. It is not clear to me, in the Bill, how this is going to…15 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I support this amendment. However, I would just like to say, with great respect to the noble Baroness, that she did not answer the question I asked her on the first…15 Jul 2021HANSARDTrade Agreements—the flexibility that he is seeking in the Northern Ireland protocol and does he want to build on the spirit of the trade and co-operation agreement to deepen the trading…15 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, we should all take notice of what my noble friend Lord Young of Norwood Green says on these matters. He has vast experience in this area, as a trade union official and…15 Jul 2021HANSARDTrade AgreementsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps Her Majesty’s Government are taking to ensure future trade agreements (1) are compatible with the terms of the United Kingdom-European…15 Jul 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, I am someone who thought it absolutely right to go in to remove al-Qaeda in 2001 and who has always been a passionate supporter of the potential for humanitarian…12 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I am not sure I will be able to match the bravura performances that this Committee has already brought forward. I noted with great pleasure the speech of my noble friend…06 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I would very much like to support what the noble Baroness, Lady Blackstone, has just said, and I hope that the Government will find a way of bringing forward amendments…06 Jul 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaMy Lords, now that we are out of the EU, I welcome trade deals we do with the rest of the world, though I have concerns about the agricultural dimension of this. I have great…24 Jun 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure as always to follow one of the interesting speeches of the noble Lord, Lord Cormack. However, on this occasion it is an even greater pleasure to…15 Jun 2021HANSARDImmigration Rules: Statements of ChangesMy Lords, I agree with a substantial amount in the speeches that have preceded me, and I agree wholly with the process objections to the way these statutory instruments are being…27 May 2021HANSARDPublic Service Broadcasting (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I have no direct interest in broadcasting, but I have shared a breakfast table for the last 38 years with Caroline Thomson, who was a senior figure in Channel 4, and…27 May 2021HANSARDUK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Regions and Industrial SectorsMy Lords, I am sure the Minister is well aware of the excellent work of the Centre for European Reform under its director, Charles Grant. I would like his reaction to the latest…27 May 2021