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HANSARDMaternity Leave, Adoption Leave and Shared Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Maternity Leave, Adoption Leave and Shared Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024.30 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office Network Subsidy Scheme (Amendment) Order 2024I thank the noble Lord for those questions, all of which are perfectly reasonable. The first question was about the £500 million limit from 2011. Of course, up until 2022 we did…30 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office Network Subsidy Scheme (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, under Section 103 of the Postal Services Act 2000, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade has the power to make payments to support the provision of the Post…30 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office Network Subsidy Scheme (Amendment) Order 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Post Office Network Subsidy Scheme (Amendment) Order 2024. Relevant document: 8th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee30 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdThe assessment at the moment is that, with the strengthening of the non-executive directors and the current executive team in place, we have a team that can continue to manage the…30 Jan 2024HANSARDMaternity Leave, Adoption Leave and Shared Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024I thank the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their contributions. I come first to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. I appreciate her support on this matter. I know that she…30 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdI thank the noble Lord for that. A key part of making these appointments is to make sure that we have the right people, in the right place, and the right leadership. In this case,…30 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdI thank the noble Lord for his question. I know that he is well versed in these matters. As we have discussed in the House before, there will be many ramifications from this case…30 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdI thank the noble Baroness for her question. We have to clarify that what we are doing here is separating their compensation, so that it is done as immediately and expeditiously…30 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdI thank the noble Lord for those questions. The removal—the resignation by mutual consent—of the chairman, Mr Staunton, is clearly an ongoing HR issue and we have been clear that…30 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdThe chairman who is just leaving was not the chairman pre-2015 and he is not receiving any compensation.30 Jan 2024HANSARDUK-Canada Trade Deal: Suspension of NegotiationsI thank the noble Baroness for that. Indeed, the EU 27 still account for 40% or 41% of our exports. If you expand that to the euro 34, it is 49% of our exports. So 50% of our…30 Jan 2024HANSARDUK-Canada Trade Deal: Suspension of NegotiationsI thank the noble Lord for that. That is one of the reasons why we split up BEIS and put it into different, independent departments. However, my department, the Department for…30 Jan 2024HANSARDUK-Canada Trade Deal: Suspension of NegotiationsThis is the issue. Canada has been in a recent—2016—deal with the EU and understood the SPS rules of the EU. It understands fundamentally that we are not reducing our rules on…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillAmendment 73A, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Knight of Weymouth, would require the CMA to co-operate with regulators and bodies with responsibility for matters relating to…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI do not have a detailed timetable. I understand this is being looked at currently. I am happy to confirm in writing when we have a detailed timetable. I move now to Amendment 93A…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI need to write to the noble Lord on that. I now speak briefly to the government amendments in this group, all of which are minor and technical in nature. First, Amendments 90, 91…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill29 Jan 2024