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HANSARDGamblingMy Lords, gambling legislation is a strange mixture of voluntary codes and inadequate self-regulation of advertising, all supervised by a regulator recently accused of needing to…07 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, the meat of this short group of amendments is in government Amendments 37 to 42, as listed, which cover the main issues we need to debate. I am sure that the Minister,…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, Amendment 24 is in my name. Although devolution is a settled fact in our constitutional arrangements, it is odd how often we find that legislation brought before…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to all those who have spoken in this short debate. I started by suggesting that it was Groundhog Day, but we ended up in Alice in Wonderland. We may…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade Bill06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. I always listen very carefully to the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, and again I thought that he…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has raised a very interesting question. We need to think a bit harder about it than we did when we first looked at this in Committee. The…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I thank all speakers for their contributions to this rather important debate. I was happy to sign up to Amendment 23, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, because…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Hain for pursuing these issues of such immense importance to the lives and prosperity of the people who live on the island of…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade Bill06 Jan 2021HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Liability for Wrongful Trading and Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for his comprehensive introduction of the statutory instrument and the other speakers for the points that they have made. I declare my interest as a…17 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade (Disclosure of Information) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for his clear and concise introduction to the Bill before us today, and to the noble Lords, Lord Lansley and Lord Purvis, for blending…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Impact of No-deal Brexit on Vaccine SuppliesMy Lords, will the Minister tell us a bit more about the contingency plans? Apparently, there is a Government-procured ferry on standby. We did not have much luck last time. Can…16 Dec 2020HANSARDOnline Harms ConsultationMy Lords, we welcome moves to protect children and the vulnerable online. We have been calling on the Government to introduce legislation in this area for several years. Their…16 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Arts SectorMy Lords, as my noble friend Lady McIntosh says, the current schemes have clearly not worked to support freelancers. Will the Minister please accept that and has she read the…15 Dec 2020HANSARDRegional Comprehensive Economic PartnershipMy Lords, when he answered the noble Viscount, Lord Waverley, a few minutes ago, the Minister was equivocal about whether the UK was considering joining RCEP. Could he give a…15 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, who often dominates our proceedings from his position on the Conservative Benches—even when he is not physically…15 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, this has been a very good debate, and we have ranged far and wide across the issues raised originally by the noble Lord, Lord Oates, and picked up later by the noble…15 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, this has been a good debate on an important issue. We have heard some very expert contributions from all sides of the House setting out the scene clearly. In responding…15 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, this has been a good debate at a more detailed level than we were perhaps expecting at this stage of our considerations on the Bill. It is none the less important for…15 Dec 2020