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HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I will be very brief indeed. I have learned a lot from this brief debate and thank both noble Lords for their expert explanations. As a novice in this subject, I cannot…27 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for her important amendments. I, too, am looking forward to exploring the meaning of “relevant authorities” in the next group. If this is…27 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]Again, I think that my ignorance probably suggests that the public ought to be slightly better informed about that. Maybe they are; maybe it is solely me being ignorant. I do not…27 Nov 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 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, for his proposed amendments to Clause 2, which, as highlighted by the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, has been…25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 11, I shall speak also to Amendments 104A and 124A in my name. As highlighted by the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, Clause 1 in…25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Holmes for his superb introduction to this group. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for confirming my suspicion of dentists. I…25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Crawley, for her remarks. Obviously, defining “products” is a key consideration in much of what we have to discuss in this Bill. It is a…25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I will speak to Amendment 16 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Fox, which was introduced by the noble Baroness,…25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for introducing their amendments in this group. I shall briefly speak in favour of Amendments 48 and 71. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady…25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all speakers, in particular my noble friend Lady Lawlor for so eloquently introducing her amendment. I say to my noble friend Lord Kirkhope that my remarks are…25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I reassure the noble Baroness that my fridge is more than 20 years old, and I have a very good mobile-phone repairer.20 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, before I start, I thank all noble Lords, who have been incredibly generous to me this afternoon and this evening. I am immensely flattered. I say to the noble Lord, Lord…20 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]20 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not really have very much to say. I am partially reassured by what the Minister has tried to say, but we will have to study the contents of this debate, which has…20 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I will be brief. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for introducing this group. I assure her and the noble Lord, Lord Fox, that we on these Benches want to see a…20 Nov 2024HANSARDExports to the European UnionMy Lords, what precise steps are the Government taking to increase the number of trade agreements with non-EU countries, such as those that the previous Government negotiated…20 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 1 and 80 in my name, and to Amendment 133 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Fox. As noble Lords will know, I was not present at Second…20 Nov 2024