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HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]That was, in a sense, the implication of what I was saying. We are debating only Amendment 1 at this stage, but for the avoidance of doubt, if it helps the noble Lord, at the end…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I do not think that, in public remarks that will be recorded for all eternity in Hansard , Ministers should ever agree to the idea that anyone might be confused by the crystalline…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, it has been an interesting and important debate, which we will reflect on as we go forward in the normal way between Committee and Report. I was asked a couple of…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I was asked that at Second Reading. An appropriate authority is a Minister of the Crown or a Welsh Minister. Indeed, the noble Lord’s colleague, the noble Baroness, Lady…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have spoken, although I cannot say it always made for the easiest listening. I have been in opposition, and will be again one day, so I…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My noble friend has very characteristically not only picked up an onion but begun to peel it into various levels of the commitment and nature of the activity. I will look into the…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I was going to make a proposal. The legislation obviously reflects our existing international obligations, including the TCA, but this is not the only definitional point…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I will have to be advised on that. I have been advised that they are the result of discussions. If that is not the case, I will set the position clearly and straightly…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I am not sure that the First Minister is looking for a federation. Where a procurement is being undertaken by one or more local authorities that are in the business of carrying…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 1 I will speak to the first group of amendments. Before so doing, I give notice to the Committee that Amendment 528—which I discovered only this…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I will certainly reflect on anything that is said in Committee. “Combined authority” has a particular meaning and understanding. Local authorities can procure things together…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I will have to take procedural advice on that. My understanding is that if I withdraw Amendment 1 it is not the case that the group has been negatived and therefore that the other…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]In order to finish, as I was just about say, we wish to facilitate proper discussion. Obviously, how to proceed is a matter to be discussed in the usual channels. There are…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Yes, my Lords. I have committed to write in relation to that and I will pick up other questions that have been raised, including by the noble Lord. Obviously, there are existing…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I was actually coming on to the rest of that but, with respect, the noble Lord asked me a specific question about government communications in his utterance; therefore I was…04 Jul 2022HANSARDEU Retained LawMy Lords, I am not anticipating either way but as I said in my opening response, in reviewing retained EU law, Defra will obviously, as my noble friend asks, ensure that…23 Jun 2022HANSARDEU Retained LawMy Lords, the noble Lord has had one go, and I think I characterised his party’s position perfectly accurately. The party opposite gave a much more measured response and asked me…23 Jun 2022HANSARDEU Retained LawMy Lords, there has been a rather obsessive theme from the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, today, who seems excited at the prospect that I might walk out of the Government. I can…23 Jun 2022HANSARDEU Retained LawMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend. It seems quite a long time ago that we were working in Downing Street on the aspiration of reducing regulation. She makes…23 Jun 2022