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HANSARDRailways: Trans-Pennine FreightMy Lords, some weeks ago, I asked someone from Transport for the North where they could find extra freight rail capacity between Liverpool and Hull. The answer was that they had…07 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexit: Divergence from EU StandardsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to inform Parliament of their priorities and objectives in the areas in which they wish to diverge from European Union standards…03 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexit: Parliamentary Processes My Lords, at the beginning of this Session, the Government set out a series of Bills that needed to be passed in order to provide for an orderly Brexit. These included Bills on…03 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexit: Divergence from EU StandardsI thank the noble Lord for that Answer, which tells me exactly nothing. I am even more confused than when I put this Question down, because I see in the various documents that we…03 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexitSince the Leader of the House is here, we repeat strongly the request to have sufficient time for this tomorrow, rather than having a Statement with 20 minutes for questions. This…02 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexitMy Lords, we are now in the endgame of Brexit: less than four weeks to go, a choice between crashing out, staying in or some sort of ingenious or fantastical deal over the Irish…02 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexitNo.02 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexit: Access to EU SystemsMy Lords, the Minister will be well aware the Prime Minister keeps telling us that the important thing is to “Get Brexit done”. As he talks about the next phase of negotiations,…30 Sept 2019HANSARDBrexit Readiness and Operation YellowhammerMy Lords, I am very puzzled by a great deal in this Statement. The optimism on negotiations suggests that the European Union has moved and given way to us on a range of…25 Sept 2019HANSARDExtension of Article 50My Lords, with the permission of my noble and learned friend Lord Wallace of Tankerness, who is delayed coming in from the airport, and at his express request, I beg leave to ask…25 Sept 2019HANSARDExtension of Article 50I am most impressed by the optimism the Minister expresses on the progress of the negotiations. We all hear reports that the Government have presented three sides of paper in…25 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillMy Lords, I put my name down for this debate, but withdrew it when I feared that I would have to leave before it ended. I am happy to take less time than intended, and so hope…09 Sept 2019HANSARDIntersex CitizensI welcome the Government’s attention to this issue of minority rights. We understand that although this is a small minority it is an important one, and that early medical…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI am sorry. I have not read many of the noble Lord’s novels. I am sure that they do not stress that personality is important in politics. It seems to me that it is rather…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, this has been a very useful debate, but I think the House may agree that it is perhaps now time to wind up. Today’s has been a much more constructive debate than last…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillThe question is about the role of this House, the way we all conduct ourselves in this House and the way we conducted our business yesterday evening. I am very happy to discuss…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI am glad to hear that. We have seen a worrying number of occasions when Ministers have blamed civil servants for decisions that they should have taken responsibility for. Poor…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, we have had a very constructive debate today. It has been much more interesting and wide-ranging than the long hours we had yesterday attempting to prevent today’s…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillIt is all the more courteous of the noble Lord to return if he had a speaking engagement in Scotland. I regret that the noble Lords, Lord Dobbs and Lord True, and the noble…05 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation RecallDoes the Minister agree with the following statement in the Commons Library briefing: “Long prorogations … can give rise to fundamental questions about whether the Government of…03 Sept 2019