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HANSARDConsumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I read this SI in the context of the internal markets Bill, which we are wrestling with on Report on Wednesday. I have a couple of questions. Paragraph 2.9 of the…16 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I am not a lawyer. Nevertheless, I am in my 47th year in Parliament, of which 23 were as the Member of Parliament for Northampton South. My first majority was 179. As an…09 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, the idea behind this new clause has validity, and particularly will after the pandemic, whenever it is over. There is little doubt that some companies will be strong…04 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, when I first read through the Bill, I had some reservations about the CMA, not least because of the number of its investigations that have not exactly gone smoothly, as…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, it is a little disappointing that, in a Bill that is vital for the future of our country, there seems to have been some misunderstanding; somehow or other the key role…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, when I read the Bill and the amendments to it that have been tabled, I asked myself, “Why?” Of course, my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay is a very experienced…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I cannot presume to know what my noble friend on the Front Bench is going to define as “hypothetical”, other than to say that I spent 15 years of my life in the…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay. He certainly has a very practical sense of the law, which not all lawyers have. He is right: it is an internal market; the…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, as colleagues know, I had the privilege of being Deputy Speaker in the House of Commons for five years, and of course Erskine May was my bible. Indeed, one had to refer…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I shall resist the temptation to follow the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, in what he has said. However, I reflect that in the other place I was responsible for, and chaired…26 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, it is worth reminding ourselves that we are talking about the Committee stage of an internal market Bill. I frankly do not see the relevance of the part of Amendment 1…26 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I apologise to the Committee. I understand I was on the list for Amendment 5, but I never applied to speak on that one. This is an interesting amendment. My colleagues,…26 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, frankly, I do not see why this particular SI could not have been tabled earlier, in September. We had the break in August. I hope that my noble friend on the Front Bench…22 Oct 2020HANSARDPension Protection Fund (Moratorium and Arrangements and Reconstructions for Companies in Financial Difficulty) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2020My Lords, I declare my interest as a trustee, for more than a decade now, of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund, and as having previously been the chairman of the…21 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I am no lawyer, but after 46 years in Parliament, and five as Deputy Speaker, frankly my faith was somewhat shattered in the law when a decision went against the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIf saving lives is a key criteria, will my noble friend commit Her Majesty’s Government to ensuring that no hospital patients will be discharged to care and nursing homes unless…14 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East of England) Regulations 2020My Lords, this weekend I thought I would try to do a bit of research to help my noble friend on the Front Bench. In 1960, I joined the Reckitt Group in Hull, which is in the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Obligations of Hospitality Undertakings) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, I will make two points, the first on communication. My Government communicate; the problem is that they are not communicating in the right way. Young people need…09 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements) Regulations 2020My Lords, these regulations are pretty comprehensive, and I wish to make five observations that I hope will be helpful against a family background of two doctors, and myself as a…07 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements) Regulations 2020I have two quick points. Paragraph 10.1 of the Explanatory Memorandum says: “There has been no public consultation in relation to this instrument.” My question is whether there…07 Oct 2020