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HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, Amendment 26 is in my name and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for her support. This amendment would not only require Ministers to consult devolved…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade Bill06 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I will be relatively brief because much of what I want to say has been covered by the other speakers, not that I could ever have competed with the tour d’horizon that…01 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I apologise if I did not make myself very clear when I was speaking earlier, but the Minister did not seem to answer my point. If we are talking about the standards set…01 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am conscious of time and I will try to be brief. We had an interesting discussion because this was a good group, even though it was quite widely drawn. We touched on…29 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade Bill29 Sept 2020HANSARDPerforming Arts: Job Support SchemeMy Lords, as the Minister has heard, the UK’s vibrant and successful creative sector, particularly the parts that support local communities, is angry because the Treasury’s…29 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 7, I shall also speak to the others in this group, which it is difficult to argue about knowing what is to come further down the agenda and on the…29 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade Bill29 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I thank everybody who has spoken in this debate. It has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride. I have felt optimistic at some moments and deeply depressed at others. I am…29 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Berkeley for introducing this amendment. I am afraid that it is outside my normal expertise area, and I listened with interest to…29 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, for her support for this amendment. This group deals with high-level considerations—whether we should have…29 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Regional TheatresMy Lords, some 90,000 jobs are currently at risk in the creative industries, and regional theatres right across the country are under threat. As my noble friend Lord Foulkes said,…28 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade: Trans-Pacific PartnershipMy Lords, can the Minister confirm that the CPTPP contains ISDS clauses? Given that the Secretary of State described this as an “advanced agreement full of countries committed to…23 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Creative IndustriesMy Lords, the Film and TV Production Restart Scheme’s rules, which were published last week, say in rule 11 that it is expected that funding granted under the scheme will comply…22 Sept 2020HANSARDRetail Businesses: Financial SupportMy Lords, a number of measures aimed at preventing company insolvencies, included in the recent Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act, expire at the end of this month. What…21 Sept 2020HANSARDREACH and CEMy Lords, can the Minister confirm that, when the transition period ends, health and environmental protection in Northern Ireland in respect of chemical and pesticide imports will…17 Sept 2020HANSARDJapan Free Trade AgreementMy Lords, I congratulate the department and its officials on reaching this agreement in principle with Japan. It is a much-needed relief for all those UK companies that would have…17 Sept 2020HANSARDEuropean Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions and Common Provision Rules etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) (Revocation) Regulations 2020My Lords, as other noble Lords have said, I am grateful to the Minister for his clear and focused introduction, which allowed us to understand better the importance of the SI with…16 Sept 2020HANSARDAlternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes (Extension of Time Limits for Legal Proceedings) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for his clear introduction of the SI. All noble Lords have taken his point that the intention is not to change the existing arrangements as they…16 Sept 2020