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HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, Clauses 27(2)(c) and 27(6) of the Bill amend Section 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 to expand the definition of deficiencies in retained EU law and to…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for moving Amendment 33, which has provided an opportunity to discuss an aspect of the future relationship that rarely…15 Jan 2020HANSARDFlybeMy Lords, Flybe is an important regional airline which provides vital support to communities and regional economies across the UK. The airline operates more than half of the…14 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear WeaponsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the (1) management of, and (2) overspend on, the United Kingdom’s nuclear weapons programme.14 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear WeaponsMy Lords, the recent National Audit Office report on nuclear deterrents found that the UK’s nuclear weapons programme is overrunning by £1.3 billion, partly due to poorly written…14 Jan 2020HANSARDTransport: BusesMy Lords, for two years I was chairman of London Buses—it is the best bus service in the country—and I learned that buses are a key part of a fair society, carrying the young, the…24 Oct 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Electronic Money, Payment Services and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I welcome the Minister to the Moses Room. I do not know whether he has done any propositions here before, but I hope he is not overwhelmed by the number of Peers in…16 Oct 2019HANSARDProspectus (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank my Liberal Democrat colleagues for ranging in an interesting way over many of the issues relating to SIs in general and to this one in particular. We seem to…16 Oct 2019HANSARDCapital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted, that we debate the whole issue of resolution too infrequently. The tone of much of the paperwork here is…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCapital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Perhaps I may help the Minister. I think he wants to move that they be approved. His speech has been prepared for a different venue.07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on his new role. It will be interesting to see if he will be the permanent Treasury representative; it is an onerous task that has worn out…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019I hate to be picky, but I asked only one substantive question, which is whether the French have to agree to any of this.07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019My question is on very much the same point. We are creating this SI, and I entirely accept that it is within domestic law to create a frictionless border, but if at the other side…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019Perhaps the Minister might like to reflect on this conversation and see whether any of his colleagues could add some colour to that answer. There are quite a lot of deals relating…07 Oct 2019HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating that Answer. The family of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe continues to raise concerns over her mental health, and reports emerging today…07 Oct 2019HANSARDOffender Management and TreatmentMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, for securing this important debate. I particularly thank him for his opening speech and the way in which he framed the debate…03 Oct 2019HANSARDFacial Recognition TechnologyMy Lords, surely the problem is that the law in this area is deficient. It is very difficult to balance the utility of the technology against the intrusion on personal rights.…02 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexit: Positions on the PoundMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Macpherson, one of the country’s leading civil servants, a Permanent Secretary to the Treasury for over a decade and a man who probably knows more…30 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019The Opposition, as far as I know, have not said that they do not welcome an end to austerity. They just have a very different vision of what it looks like.25 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019My Lords, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Duncan of Springbank, to his role—I am not sure how long he is going to occupy it. I join in his remarks about the noble Lord, Lord Young…25 Sept 2019