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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I think the mood of the House is that we should move as expeditiously as possible through these amendments to the Motion, so that we can consider the substance of the…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat the Question be now put.04 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019My Lords—27 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019Can the noble Lord explain to the House why, after she was requested to seek an extension, the Prime Minister decided of her own motion on the date of 30 June without, as far as I…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019I thought that we were discussing the statutory instrument, but this is rapidly turning into an angst and confessional session for the Conservative Party. I wonder whether we…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, it is a positive delight to follow the noble Lord, Lord Deben, as I have done on a number of occasions in the past few months in debates on other SIs which have been…07 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Import of RadioisotopesMy Lords—07 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, can the noble Baroness give me some answers to the points I raised about guidance being given in the event of no deal and exit on 29 March? First, how are the Government…07 Mar 2019HANSARDHuman Medicines (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister does not need to convince me; she needs to convince the industry. It is simply not convinced by the changes that have been introduced. These are the companies earning…07 Mar 2019HANSARDHuman Medicines (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I want to start by providing the House with a few vital statistics on these three life sciences statutory instruments. On my bathroom scales this morning, they weighed…07 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Import of RadioisotopesMy Lords, to what extent does the Minister consider that patients will be put at much greater risk in a no-deal scenario if a large number of oncologists up and down the country…07 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillDoes the Minister not accept that a Command Paper does not give the assurance to Parliament that provision in legislation does?06 Mar 2019HANSARDAir Passenger Rights and Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. Just to go back to my earlier exchanges with the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, the government website seems to be telling people to be…12 Feb 2019HANSARDAir Passenger Rights and Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I had not intended to speak in this debate, and I do not really wish to be added to the Minister’s list of troublemakers. However, I want to emphasise the point made by…12 Feb 2019HANSARDAir Passenger Rights and Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I am an old-fashioned ex-Minister who usually used the media to project messages if I wanted the public to read them. We might do something in a newspaper or we might do…12 Feb 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I want to follow up that point. I remind the Minister that after our rigorous series of exchanges in Grand Committee on these regulations, I took the liberty of submitting a…06 Feb 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Just to be clear, the industry is saying that, because of the way in which the Government have drafted this SI, the period of exclusivity will be less than it would have been in…06 Feb 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Before the Minister sits down, could he address the second leg of the Cabinet Office guidance? Even if we accept that there is a truncated and specialised consultation process,…06 Feb 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I raised several concerns about this SI in Grand Committee, as the Minister recognised. As he knows, these were the result of briefings from the BIA and the ABPI, with…06 Feb 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I just want to be clear to the Minister. What representatives of the industry are telling me in the letters and briefings they have sent is that they have interpreted the…06 Feb 2019