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HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, a stranger to our Parliament would find this whole ping-pong process completely bizarre and almost impossible to follow. I have some sympathy, as this is my first time…15 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, this has been a very short debate, but, as the Minister has said, it has been quite interesting, and revelatory in some senses. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett,…14 Dec 2020HANSARDGreen Economic RecoveryMy Lords, we face increasingly high levels of unemployment post-Covid-19, so does the Minister agree that retraining will be key to the green recovery? Can he explain why that is…14 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillAt end insert “and do propose Amendment 8M as an amendment to the words restored to the Bill by non-insistence on Amendments 8L, 13 and 56— 8M: Schedule 1, page 48, line 47, at…14 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, in moving Motion B1 in my name, I thank the Minister for his full and comprehensive introduction and make it clear that we agree with his Amendment 15C, which we think…14 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords—[ Inaudible. ]—on earlier discussions around this issue and the issue that will come up in the next group of amendments on state aid and spending as a result of moneys…14 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I agree with others who have spoken that this has been an interesting debate. It is clear that good discussions have taken place between Ministers and the movers of the…14 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, this has been an interesting debate, covering a wide range of issues previously discussed in Committee and on Report. I will not go through them in detail but I will say…09 Dec 2020HANSARDGambling LegislationMy Lords, following up on the question of the noble Lord, Lord Alton, I welcome the review, although we point out that it is much delayed. I particularly like the Secretary of…09 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic Service Broadcasting OnlineMy Lords, British broadcasting relies to a significant extent on keeping the funding of public service broadcasters separate. What response do the Government have to the decline…09 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillLeave out from “12,” to end and insert “15, 16, 17, 18, 30, 31, 32 and 33 to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reasons 8A, 10A and 15A, do propose Amendments 8B to 8D and…09 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her clear and concise introduction to this topic. Although she said she was relying primarily on the Commons argument that this issue engages…09 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his opening remarks and have listened carefully to his views. I will reverse the order in which he spoke and hope he will not mind and is able…09 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I thank both speakers in this short debate. We have not had much buy-in from others, but that just shows that the issues are very clear, and I think that people may well…09 Dec 2020HANSARDStreaming Platforms: Age RatingsMy Lords, is it true that the content guidelines carried by Netflix are primarily derived by applying algorithms? Does that not differ significantly from how the BBFC arrives at…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, we have had a good and wide-ranging debate today. I want to pick up on the speeches of the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, who introduced Amendment 6, which I have signed, and…07 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, for raising this issue and, through her, to the Law Society of Scotland for reminding noble Lords of…07 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, on the substance of this amendment, I have very little to add to the excellent speeches that we have already heard from my noble friend Lord Berkeley and the noble…07 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionMy Lords, I am sure the whole House joins with me in expressing deep sympathy with those who are at risk of losing their jobs just before Christmas, at a difficult time in the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDState Aid (Revocations and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, for context, I was originally going to introduce this debate on a different day—in other words, not on the same day as the Third Reading of the internal market Bill, but…02 Dec 2020