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HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 103, 104 and 104B standing in my name. I want to take a moment to emphasise the current environment in which the Bill is being debated. The…11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 110, 111 and 112, standing in my name. Clause 9 is a skeleton clause, as has been pointed out by the DPRRC, which recommended its removal—a…11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 68 and 90, which are in my name. These amendments address the serious concerns raised by the provisions in Clause 3 and Clause 6, which give…11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I am, obviously, grateful to the Minister for that reassurance because, as he acknowledged, the committees’ reports are incredibly powerful and make some extremely good points.…11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Foster, for introducing these two amendments. Amendment 106 is in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Fox. It is vital to ensure…11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, before I start on these amendments, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Leong, for the generous letters that he sent the Committee after previous sessions, which answered a…11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I was not planning to say very much about this, but I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. I do not feel remotely battered; I feel significantly better informed, and…11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who contributed to this brief discussion. The noble Lord, Lord Leong, praised our expertise. Can I just say that any expertise he thought he…11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, Clause (5)(1) states the following: “The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the units of measurement that are used to express quantities (whether…11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 72 and 73, and I thank my noble friend Lord Trenchard for signing them. Clause 4 is a short clause dealing with emergencies. It allows for…11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I again thank the noble Lord, Lord Leong, for his detailed explanation. However, the fact is that that explanation and the recent comment about flexibility rather illustrate…11 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, rejoices in the pint, as do I. Of course I understand where he is coming from, but there is a serious…11 Dec 2024HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityMy Lords, I go back to the questions asked by my noble friend on the Front Bench and my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe about the integration and English fund, which was put in…10 Dec 2024HANSARDIllegal Migrant Returns AgreementsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards securing additional illegal migrant returns agreements with foreign governments.03 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Lansley for introducing his amendments so incredibly clearly and expertly. It is obvious that international standards are vital for…27 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I will be very brief. I found that a most interesting explanation of lithium-ion batteries and their various aspects. I confess to not being an expert at all, so it is…27 Nov 2024