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HANSARDTrade Bill23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I will also speak to Amendment 19 in this group. At Second Reading of this Bill, the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Fairhead, said that this process was about…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI apologise, but can the Minister then confirm whether my understanding is wrong? I understand that they will be asked to consider us as being in an agreement during the…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI wish to have one final go on Amendment 18. It is predicated on what the Government are working to, which is to have an agreement. That agreement will come with a request from…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillThe Minister mentioned Canada and it was interesting to hear that. May I seek clarification? I raised this issue on Monday in Committee with regard to Singapore. As a consequence…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, the House will have seen that there are a number of amendments in my name, as well as those of other colleagues, on the Marshalled List for this Bill. We are taking our…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 8 and the other amendments in this group. Amendment 8 relates to the continuity agreement, and Amendment 53, which is also tabled in my name,…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillWell, no doubt that is the aim. I was not asking what the aim was, but what the reality would be on 30 March. If we are currently a member because we are in the European Union and…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade Bill21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am grateful for the Minister’s indulgence. I was also referring to existing agreements. For example, the only one so far that the Government have announced, with Switzerland,…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillNo doubt this will be a point that we hear about again. That is obviously the case in relation to the existing agreements but those agreements have been through a democratic…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I support these amendments. They make eminent sense. I shall speak also to Amendment 101 in this group which, in essence, suggests that in moving forward on these…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Livingston, has great experience in this regard, and I take note. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, who has opened the floodgates to…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, first, I apologise to the Committee that this amendment was tabled on Friday, so colleagues did not have much notice. In many respects it was as a result of the Minister…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am most grateful to the noble Lord. He has been a leader in this regard. He will remember when I had the privilege of supporting other Members in taking through the 0.7%…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillHave the Government therefore discussed and agreed under what parliamentary procedures they are likely to bring these forward?21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillSo it is clear that we would not be a party to it. We would just be in the process of trying to progress our application. I am grateful for that clarification—or do I have the…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade Bill21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI will not detain the Committee much longer but, from my understanding, it is clear that we will not be party to that agreement on the day after we leave if there is no deal. We…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I support these amendments and will speak to Amendment 100, which is in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord McNicol. The Committee will be grateful to the noble…21 Jan 2019