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HANSARDTrade BillIt is Balmacara. It means “the town from which the Macraes come”—Macrae being my mother’s maiden name. I thought the House might enjoy that little moment of clarity. Amendment 8…20 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness for her kind words and, more importantly, for accepting the amendment as drafted. I commend the amendment to the House.20 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade Bill20 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am very grateful to the Minister for his words and for being so explicit about the conditions under which powers can be exercised and how they would be affected, both by the…20 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I thank those who have supported me in bringing forward this amendment. Its history is that we debated it in Committee and again on Report, and have had a number of…20 Mar 2019HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises: Clydesdale BankAs there is a gap, I return to ask another question. Am I right in my assumption that the Minister would accept that the issue that has given rise to this Question is not limited…19 Mar 2019HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises: Clydesdale BankMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement made in another place in response to an Urgent Question. The overall impression one gets from listening to him…19 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions and Common Provision Rules etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019At the end insert “but that this House regrets that Her Majesty’s Government has still not published plans for future post-Brexit structural or regional support arrangements for…14 Mar 2019HANSARDMobile Roaming (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am grateful to the Minister for a full and wide-ranging debate. I am also grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Foster, for adding to my comments on the amendment so that we could…14 Mar 2019HANSARDMobile Roaming (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Indeed. The reason I touched on this is because of the irony around the issue of roaming, which we are going to centre this debate around. The EU regulation that brought this in…14 Mar 2019HANSARDMobile Roaming (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Variations on a theme are always interesting. However, I think that in recent weeks the department has not covered itself in glory. I thought that the decision on portability was…14 Mar 2019HANSARDMobile Roaming (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for introducing this SI and for his very clear explanation of the issues that were raised by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny…14 Mar 2019HANSARDMobile Roaming (EU Exit) Regulations 2019At the end insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations do not, contrary to the recommendation of several consumer bodies, make provision for the maintenance of…14 Mar 2019HANSARDState Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I notice the noble Lord did not ask me to withdraw my amendment. I am sure he therefore wants to accept it, but I am going to disappoint him because I will be withdrawing it…14 Mar 2019HANSARDState Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am grateful to the noble Lord for the intervention. I will come on to that; I was quoting a definition only to prove that it did not actually work. He has made my point for…14 Mar 2019HANSARDState Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his introduction. He has covered the ground very admirably. I have taken the step of putting down Motions to Regret for both the State…14 Mar 2019HANSARDState Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019At the end insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations are not accompanied by a strategy or consultation on the use of state aid after the United Kingdom has…14 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, that is a well-made point. It is probably better if the mover of the amendment, my noble friend Lord Hain, responds to it in detail, but I think the wording is clear.…13 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade Bill13 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillA further meeting, principally with those who raised points in this debate, would satisfy us. I do not think that we are far apart on this, but if we can work out exactly what we…13 Mar 2019