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HANSARDFracking: Planning GuidanceMy Lords, given that the Government are committed to producing more energy at home, can they explain why they have removed the subsidies for micro hydropower? After all, the…12 Mar 2019HANSARDUniversities: BAME Women in Leadership PositionsMy Lords, I declare an interest as a former Russell group university teacher. Is the problem, particularly for women and women from ethnic minorities, not undergraduate…07 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited States: Trade DealMy Lords, this is the second Question today where Ministers have promised that leaving the European Union will make no difference to our regulations. The leave campaign promised…06 Mar 2019HANSARDWorld Bank: Selection Process for PresidentMy Lords, what will Her Majesty’s Government do if the United States continues to nominate a candidate who, according to many people—including, I suspect, some within the British…28 Feb 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionMy Lords—27 Feb 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionIt has.27 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionMy Lords, it is clear that we need the good will of the other members of the European Union to negotiate any sort of positive deal about the future relationship. The Prime…26 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: LegislationMy Lords, if I understood the Minister, there are 150 SIs still to be tabled. If I also understand SIs, they need to be laid at least three or four weeks before they come into…20 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Northern Ireland BackstopMy Lords, the noble Baroness repeats a phrase that the Prime Minister used last week, of looking for a, “legally binding unilateral exit clause”.—[ Official Report , Commons,…19 Feb 2019HANSARDData Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019There would be a significant adverse impact.18 Feb 2019HANSARDData Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thought I was going to listen to a debate on a specific SI, but there are some very large principles here about the way in which this House should be handling the very large…18 Feb 2019HANSARDData Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, this morning I read a new Commons briefing on the amount of legislation that needs to have been completed to enable us to leave the EU on 29 March in good order. The…18 Feb 2019HANSARDData Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I apologise for interrupting the Minister again. He said we are now undertaking “preliminary discussions” about how this would be handled if we leave without a deal, but that…18 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalHe does not smirk as much.13 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalMy Lords, I am doing my best to follow the noble Lord’s argument. I do not entirely understand what a widening customs partnership is. It is an unclear concept. We all agree that…13 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalMy Lords, we all have our historical memories and interpretations of history. In 1990-91, I spent a lot of time in the transforming societies of eastern Europe—Poland, Hungary,…13 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalAllow me to correct an error. Mr Juncker regularly appears before the European Parliament where in the past he has been heckled by Nigel Farage, who I am sure the noble Viscount…13 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalMy Lords, I did. Those of us on this side notice, I suppose I should say, the ironic expression which often flits across the noble Lord, Lord Callanan’s, eyes. I hope that that is…13 Feb 2019HANSARDYorkshire: DevolutionTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to respond to recent proposals for devolution in Yorkshire.12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionMy Lords, I ask the Minister to explain a phrase which I find rather confusing: “There could be a legally binding unilateral exit clause”. I am not a lawyer, but I studied…12 Feb 2019