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HANSARDFinancial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (Naming and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank all those who have contributed to this short debate. It has served its purpose and achieved what we wanted, which was a chance to reflect on the progress made…01 May 2019HANSARDTrade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss ConfederationMy Lords, this has been a very good debate, and, not the first time, your Lordships’ House owes a considerable debt of gratitude to the EU Committee, and in particular to this…01 May 2019HANSARDStudent Loans CompanyTailored reviews are routine, regular and periodic, as the Minister said, and are required by the Cabinet Office for all bodies in scope. Is he implying that this is just an…01 May 2019HANSARDStudent Loans CompanyMy Lords, this is a very quick-fire debate. It covers a lot of ground, but I am afraid we are all coming from roughly the same position, so I will try not to elaborate too much on…01 May 2019HANSARDFinancial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (Naming and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2019My Lords, in moving the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper, I stress that it is an attempt to bring forward an opportunity for those who are interested in this topic to…01 May 2019HANSARDFinancial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (Naming and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2019That this House takes note of the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (Naming and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/383). Relevant document: 21st Report from…01 May 2019HANSARDOnline Harms White PaperMy Lords, I join others in thanking the Government for ensuring that the House has had an early opportunity to debate this White Paper. It has been long-trailed—it kept…30 Apr 2019HANSARDCorporate GovernanceMy Lords, surely the issue here is not philosophical but political. There is a huge gap in the Government’s legislative programme at the moment and plenty of time to fill it.…29 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: The Customs Challenge (European Union Committee Report)I hear calls that it was he himself; it was not. I actually have no idea what it means, but it says quite a lot about the debate. I thought it was rather good. This has been a…01 Apr 2019HANSARDEmployment: AutomationMy Lords, it is all very well to be optimistic, and even to be rationally optimistic, but however boring some jobs may be to those who have better and more highly paid ones, those…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: The Customs Challenge (European Union Committee Report)I am very grateful to the noble Lord for not being polemical, but being very precise in helping us with our arguments. It also gives me a chance to share with the House my…01 Apr 2019HANSARDEconomy: Productivity MeasurementMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to see the noble Lord in his place, particularly when he is straying off-piste. He mentioned some of the issues raised in Professor Haskel’s book…28 Mar 2019HANSARDCat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the Minister brought forward a well-argued and brief case, and there is no need for us to go over much of the ground here. This is a very straightforward translation…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am again grateful to the Minister for her comprehensive introduction to this SI. I follow the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, on a number of points and look forward to the…26 Mar 2019HANSARDProtecting Against the Effects of the Extraterritorial Application of Third Country Legislation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am sorry to interrupt the Minister’s flow and I am grateful to her for giving way. I was trying to make a slightly different point, which is not the broader case about the JCPOA…26 Mar 2019HANSARDProtecting Against the Effects of the Extraterritorial Application of Third Country Legislation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I, too, am very grateful to the Minister for her very full introduction to this SI. It took us into areas new to me, such as the intersection between foreign policy and trade…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, it usually falls to me to embarrass Ministers, not the other way round. I felt myself blush just then, and I hope it was not caught too closely on television—but I thank…20 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade Bill20 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I would also like to thank the Minister for introducing this amendment and the following one—Amendment 2 —which she also spoke to. That amendment combines the thinking…20 Mar 2019HANSARDInterserveMy Lords, I will pick up that issue. This is a pre-pack administration, is it not? In a pre-pack, the people who lose out are the trade creditors and the people who survive are…20 Mar 2019