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HANSARDData StrategyMy Lords, I am glad to hear that the publication date for the White Paper has not slipped as far as some feared it might under these circumstances. I trust that the Government…24 Jun 2020HANSARDUK-EU NegotiationsMy Lords, Ministers have frequently referred to the Canadian or Australian models as “oven-ready” recipes for a deal. Can the Minister therefore confirm that our negotiators are…18 Jun 2020HANSARDConstitution, Democracy and Rights CommissionMy Lords, I welcome the Minister’s statement that the Government are taking very careful consideration of the agenda. There is a great deal of expertise on constitutional and…16 Jun 2020HANSARDFixed-term Parliaments Act 2011My Lords, in the last few years, there has been a great deal of discussion, particularly from within the Conservative Party, about the need to strengthen the principle of…15 Jun 2020HANSARDEU: Trade and Security PartnershipMy Lords, the February document that the Government published on the future relationship included a chapter on digital services that sets out that we need to “encourage regulatory…09 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong: Human RightsMy Lords, Britain cannot resist Chinese Communist pressure on Hong Kong on its own. We have to work with others. I read that our Government is thinking of promoting a new “club of…04 Jun 2020HANSARDEU: Plans for No DealMy Lords, the Minister in his first Answer said that we are negotiating on the basis of the agreement reached last October. Earlier this year, we had a number of authoritative…02 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Businesses and the Private SectorMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Dobbs, said that the private sector is the only solution to get us out of this. I disagree. We are a mixed economy, a society and a national…21 May 2020HANSARDBeyond Brexit (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I hope that the Minister can give us some evidence that the Government are concerned to win friends in Europe now that we have left the EU. February’s white paper on the…12 May 2020HANSARDCensus (England and Wales) Order 2020My Lords, both here and in the Commons, there have been some powerful speeches on the inclusion of questions on Cornish identity and Sikh ethnicity, so I need do no more than…12 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Contact-tracing AppMy Lords, if we are moving to a centralised app, what assurances do we have about how long the data will be stored? I see references to use for research purposes in various…06 May 2020HANSARDBudget: Economic and Fiscal OutlookMy Lords, in last year’s debate on the government statement on economic convergence, my noble friend Lady Kramer said that it was “surreal” to debate the EU framework when the UK…05 May 2020HANSARDPublic Services: UpdateI, too, welcome this Statement and the remarkable change of tone it contains about public sector workers from that used by Conservative Ministers and advisers until a few weeks…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipMy Lords, seven months ago the Government presented to Parliament the political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship which did not talk about a free…28 Apr 2020HANSARDMinisterial CodeMy Lords, many years ago, when I was a graduate student teacher at an American university, I used to discuss with the students the differences between the British and American…12 Mar 2020HANSARDMinisterial CodeVery small.12 Mar 2020HANSARDMinisterial CodeI was talking about Conservatives describing themselves as insurgents. I always thought that the Conservative Party was the establishment. It is a matter of puzzlement that we…12 Mar 2020HANSARDMinisterial Code: BreachesMy Lords, I fear that this affair may have some further way to go. There are, for example, various reports in the newspapers that there was a hitlist of other Permanent…02 Mar 2020HANSARDUK-US Trade Deal Negotiating ObjectivesMy Lords, I must comment on the comparative tone of the two Statements we have had on the negotiations with the European Union and the United States. The announcement on the…02 Mar 2020HANSARDMinisters: TrainingMy Lords, the paragraph that the noble Lord just quoted actually says that the Prime Minister “may ask the Cabinet Office”. What is the status of the Ministerial Code? When we had…27 Feb 2020