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HANSARDBrexit: Access to EU SystemsHas any Minister at all read the latest report on RASFF? The clue is in the title: “Rapid Alert”. There are 10 notifications around Europe every single day, some requiring action…30 Sept 2019HANSARDBrexit: Access to EU SystemsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government how discussions are progressing regarding the United Kingdom having access to the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed and the Trade Control and…30 Sept 2019HANSARDBrexit Readiness and Operation YellowhammerMy Lords, can I ask the Minister about an aspect of Yellowhammer that he did not refer to and which follows from what the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, said about the reasonable…25 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillThat being the entire point, I invite the noble Baroness to withdraw her amendment.06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI did note it but I have no comment to make on it.06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, it would appear that everybody in the House is toing and froing to Brussels. I have to make it clear that the last time I was in Brussels, when I was still a Northern…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, I second everything that was said from the two Front Benches on this side in thanks to everybody. I have just been the messenger from the Commons, intervening…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, I spent 27 years in the other place, so I know a little bit about the problems that Members have with the Table Office there. I can absolutely guarantee that this…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, in principle, the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, makes a seductive case—in principle. The noble Lord, Lord Cormack, made the point that the House of Commons might want to…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillThat the Bill do now pass.06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillThe reality is that this is private Member’s business and the Government Front Bench is on strike again, as I said at the end of yesterday’s sitting. It is as simple as that. That…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, there is not much for me to say—although, as I alluded to in the previous debate, Clause 3 is precisely drafted and subsection (4) is there to give flexibility if other…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillTo respond to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, we spoke outside the Chamber last night, because he raised this right at the end. He has a valid point, but the Bill as it…06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to everybody who has contributed. I am merely the messenger for the elected House because we are dealing with unique legislation from the elected…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, I move this Motion on behalf of the elected House. I am not here to debate leave, remain or Brexit. The Bill is about how Brexit is carried through so that the UK does…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.05 Sept 2019HANSARDBrexit: Food StandardsDid the Minister not admit in this House some months ago, notwithstanding what he said, that animal products, particularly eggs, that do not meet our standards will be on sale in…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, without repeating anything I have said previously, I support my noble friend. We are in a pretty unique situation at the moment, at 5.30 pm today: the country does not…24 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]Notwithstanding my support for the principle, which I have promoted, I fully accept the points made by the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe. I see the force of the argument. It…24 Jul 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Managed MigrationThe Minister has taken more than half of the time allotted. I have only a simple question. I declare an interest: I was a member of Sub-Committee B of the Secondary Legislation…23 Jul 2019