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HANSARDUpholding Standards in Public LifeMy Lords, it is always dangerous to specify any date in your Lordships’ House. What I will say is that I personally—as do many people across the Government; in fact, the whole…08 Jun 2022HANSARDUpholding Standards in Public LifeMy Lords, the Government have a responsibility to respond, to consider, and to bring to Parliament the considered results of their reflections on the advice that they are given.…08 Jun 2022HANSARDUpholding Standards in Public LifeMy Lords, in making the changes I have referred to, the Government carefully considered the recommendations made by the committee on those matters in the Upholding Standards in…08 Jun 2022HANSARDUpholding Standards in Public LifeMy Lords, I am waiting in eager anticipation.08 Jun 2022HANSARDUpholding Standards in Public LifeMy Lords, far be it from me to advise a former Cabinet Secretary on what processes take place within government. There are matters to consider, which are considered by appropriate…08 Jun 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I will indeed write a letter. It is very helpful to have my noble friend write my speeches for me. I will answer other points but, to conclude, I thank noble Lords for their…25 May 2022HANSARDBorder Checks on Imported Goods: New IT SystemsMy Lords, we have taken the decision. As the noble Lord referred to in the first part of his question, the fact is that, at the moment, one does not wish to add particular…25 May 2022HANSARDBorder Checks on Imported Goods: New IT SystemsMy Lords, the replacement of CHIEF with the CDS, which is proceeding, is the responsibility of HMRC rather than my department, although I obviously answer for the whole…25 May 2022HANSARDBorder Checks on Imported Goods: New IT SystemsMy Lords, there were a number of questions there. My right honourable friend has decided that we hope to accelerate to the end of 2023 the move to a new regime. In that light, a…25 May 2022HANSARDBorder Checks on Imported Goods: New IT SystemsMy Lords, I fear I have not had the pleasure of travelling on Eurostar lately. I will take up my noble friend’s comments with the appropriate authorities and provide him with an…25 May 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Noble Lords opposite laugh at the concept, but one of the most prominent of these regulations was the EU public procurement network. Frankly, I would have thought that noble Lords…25 May 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Since the British people voted to leave the European Union, and we finally got it done, this country is being freed from many bureaucratic and process-driven regulations that…25 May 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]The noble Lord made a speech that went wide of the Bill. I will look at what he said in Hansard and respond thereafter. I make no commitment at this point.25 May 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I was hoping to make progress and I know that your Lordships would like to conclude these matters. As the noble Lord says, those clauses refer to international treaty…25 May 2022HANSARDBorder Checks on Imported Goods: New IT SystemsMy Lords, I am not aware of any such suggestion, but as I have said to my noble friend Lord Hailsham, I will look into the operation of passport controls on Eurostar. I will take…25 May 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.25 May 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]That it be an instruction to the Grand Committee to which the Procurement Bill [HL] has been committed that they consider the Bill in the following order: Clauses 1 and 2,…25 May 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank very much all those who have taken part in the debate. Myriad points have been raised from all sides of the House. I never know what the usual channels are…25 May 2022HANSARDBorder Checks on Imported Goods: New IT SystemsMy Lords, as my noble friend will know, consideration is being given to these matters. I will not tread into that in this particular answer, but I can assure him that elements of…25 May 2022HANSARDBorder Checks on Imported Goods: New IT SystemsMy Lords, I am sure that my right honourable friend is capable of almost any form of conversation. I repeat: this is not a delay. It is a deliberate decision to take a different…25 May 2022