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HANSARDState Aid (Revocations and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction of the statutory instrument. My amendment calls on the Government to delay implementation of these regulations until they have…02 Dec 2020HANSARDState Aid (Revocations and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020At end insert “but that this House regrets that the Regulations replace retained European Union State Aid rules with a yet to be defined new subsidy regime, and calls on Her…02 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill02 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill02 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, my original Amendment 21 on Report, also signed by the noble Lords, Lord Anderson and Lord Wigley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, on which I spoke on 18 November…02 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 2020HANSARDIntellectual Property Rights: Affordable DrugsMy Lords, further to my noble friend Lord Reid’s question, we welcome the Government’s policy of affordable and accessible medicines for all, but how does that policy square with…30 Nov 2020HANSARDLegislative Reform (Renewal of Radio Licences) Order 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for a very clear introduction to this order and echo the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Foster, on the very good explanatory document, as he…27 Nov 2020HANSARDSupplementary Protection Certificates (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his clear introduction of what is turning out to be a rather complicated issue. I certainly felt that his remarks were a lot clearer…27 Nov 2020HANSARDComprehensive Economic Partnership (EUC Report)My Lords, I thank all speakers for their contributions today. I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Darroch of Kew and congratulate him on his maiden speech. His reflections on the trade…26 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I am going to say much the same things as the noble Lord, Lord Fox, but I will focus a little on my Amendment 65, which has been supported by the noble Baroness, Lady…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, like others, I congratulate the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, on his campaign. The Government have listened to it and that has resulted in a number of good and…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, I agree with the case that has been made so well by the previous speakers. I put my name to the amendment put forward by the noble and…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI am going to disappoint the noble Lord, Lord Fox, as I will not go through my arguments at length, because they have been made so well by the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, and the…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, this has been an interesting debate. It has revealed many gaps in our knowledge and understanding of the Bill, which, perhaps, is very comfortable for the Government. I…23 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill23 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, the key word of this debate has been “clarity” and the fact that clarity is required. I think that the Minister needs to get to the Dispatch Box and answer as many of…23 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, this has been a very interesting debate for a number of reasons, which I shall come back to as I conclude. The noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, as she often does, focused on…23 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, the general theme here, I suggest, is that we need the Minister to respond very clearly and precisely on this matter. My noble friend Lord Foulkes used the rather nice…23 Nov 2020HANSARDContinuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyMy Lords, in the Commons, the Minister stated that parliamentary scrutiny was central to the ongoing continuity FTA rollovers. That was good to hear. He also said that nearly half…18 Nov 2020