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HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Bill [HL]I will first say a word of thanks to the Law Commission, and to Professor Sarah Green in particular, for the excellence of its work. It is also right to thank those who submitted…20 Feb 2023HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Bill [HL]I, too, will add a short word in relation to this point. First, I thank the Minister for making so clear that the purpose of the Bill is consistency and interoperability with the…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I will speak to the amendment tabled in my name and those of the noble Baronesses, Lady Finlay of Llandaff and Lady Hayman of Ullock. I am most grateful for their…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillBefore the Minister sits down, I will make a request of her. I have been encouraged by her generous and soothing words, but when we get to this point on Report, does she think…20 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I will make three brief points in support of this amendment. First, from a constitutional perspective, it is essential that the accountability is to Parliament. It is…20 Feb 2023HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Bill [HL]My Lords, I have declared my interests previously in relation to various bodies that deal with maritime law, insurance law and various other aspects of the law. I thank the…20 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I want to make just four points on fraud, which damages the markets so greatly and damages individuals. The amendments reflect the four points. First, we need a…06 Feb 2023HANSARDCommon Frameworks (Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee Report)It has been an enormous privilege to serve on this committee. Listening to the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, and with my little knowledge of Scottish politics, I can say…02 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillWould the Minister be able to get the views of the FCA and the PRA on this matter? It would be interesting, in examining consistency and all these issues, to see if—hopefully—they…01 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillOn the specific question of drafting rules, what do they think their mandate is? Do they accept that the rules have to be proportionate and clear? It would just be very useful to…01 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I will make three brief observations. First, in this context, we are looking at the mandate that we are giving the regulator. One obviously could look at rules by some…01 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI will make one brief observation and declare my interest as chairman of the Financial Markets Law Committee. It seems to me that the real problem, which both amendments rightly…30 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I have just one brief point. I agree with the comments so far made that this may not be the appropriate place to deal with the whole problem of delegation, because this…25 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillMy Lords, I will make one brief observation. It seems a deficiency in our processes for negotiating important agreements of this kind that there is no mechanism, as in so much…23 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, particularly as he has drawn attention to the problems around the definition of levelling up. I regard this…17 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Ashcombe, on his maiden speech and in particular on drawing our attention to the importance of the insurance industry to London’s financial…10 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I wish to make one or two brief observations in respect of the way these amendments tie together. The amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, which I…13 Dec 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I entirely support the analysis so eloquently made by the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, and supplemented by the points made by my noble and learned friend Lord…13 Dec 2022HANSARDCOP 27: CommitmentsI too thank the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, for securing this debate and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Leong, on his excellent maiden speech.…24 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime CommissionersMy Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, on obtaining this debate, and on his speech, and I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Bach, on his. They clearly…31 Oct 2022