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HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Electoral Registers Publication Date) Regulations 2020My Lords, on 9 June I announced to the House that, in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government intended to bring forward legislation to delay the deadline for…03 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Non-financial ServicesMy Lords, I do not have in my brief the precise figure that the noble Baroness has asked for, so, as I promised earlier in relation to another question, I will write to her with…02 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Non-financial ServicesMy Lords, the Government are not giving a running commentary on the negotiations. We remain in close contact with our EU counterparts. There were discussions yesterday and we look…02 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillThat it be an instruction to the Grand Committee to which the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill has been committed that they consider the bill in the following order: Clauses 1 to…02 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Non-financial ServicesMy Lords, the Government’s target is to seek friendly agreements with the widest possible range of nations, including the European Union, and I am confident that the figure that…02 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Non-financial ServicesMy Lords, the Government are committed to protecting IP to a very high level and are proposing a chapter in the free trade agreement based on precedence to reflect this. Both the…02 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Non-financial ServicesMy Lords, in the interests of time, I will write, if I may, to the noble Lord with a detailed response on that point.02 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Non-financial ServicesMy Lords, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the single market. The Government have tabled proposals in a number of the areas that the noble Baroness referred to, and…02 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Non-financial ServicesMy Lords, I cannot answer all the questions that the noble Lord has asked, for the reasons discussed, but I will seek out the answer to his question on his report. So far as…02 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Non-financial ServicesMy Lords, I am not quite as adept as my noble friend, but I try never to bring too much despondency to the House. The Government’s position is that we still very much hope that we…02 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Non-financial ServicesMy Lords, I fully agree with the noble Earl on the importance of the creative industries, particularly music, for which he is such a doughty champion. Some of the points he raises…02 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Non-financial ServicesMy Lords, we have discussed non-financial services in all seven negotiating rounds to date and have identified large areas of common ground. However, in some areas the EU has been…02 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for what he said and I thank all noble Lords who have spoken, including those who have ventured to be kind about me. I have found in life that it…27 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.27 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, despite several years spent scrutinising legislation in your Lordships’ House—and, indeed, many bad years before that drafting amendments—I must confess that this is the…27 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Debt CollectionMy Lords, we welcome the Centre for Social Justice report and look forward to advice sector representations. We responded to Covid-19 by pausing outbound debt collection and on 29…23 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Debt CollectionMy Lords, local authorities have discretion to act, as indeed central government does. This Government have made a clear commitment to introduce a breathing-space protocol to…23 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Debt CollectionMy Lords, those are two important questions and I have touched on each. The call for evidence that we issued last month will inform policy in these areas. I hear what the noble…23 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Debt CollectionMy Lords, I am of course hearing what noble Lords are saying and I endorse the principles of the Centre for Social Justice report. I am very proud of having done public service in…23 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Debt CollectionYes, a consistent understanding of the problems of debt using such techniques is extremely important. The regulations on council tax were promulgated, I believe, back in 1992—now…23 Jul 2020