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HANSARDUncertificated Securities (Amendment and EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate and, again, I notice that there is no fundamental objection to the purpose of the two SIs. I shall try to deal…25 Feb 2019HANSARDMoney Market Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate and hope that there is no substantive objection to the powers which are proposed in this statutory…25 Feb 2019HANSARDMoney Market Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I will speak on behalf of my noble friend. The Treasury has been undertaking a programme of legislation to ensure that, if the UK leaves the EU without a deal or an…25 Feb 2019HANSARDMoney Market Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister might indeed prefer to write. I think that it simply transfers existing powers which rest with the Commission to the Treasury, without changing the fundamentals. On…25 Feb 2019HANSARDUncertificated Securities (Amendment and EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 17 January be approved.25 Feb 2019HANSARDUncertificated Securities (Amendment and EU Exit) Regulations 2019On behalf of my noble friend Lord Bates, I beg to move the regulations. As the instrument is grouped with the draft Investment Exchanges, Clearing Houses and Central Securities…25 Feb 2019HANSARDSecuritisation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The noble Baroness will know that under the withdrawal Act, we cannot make substantive policy changes using instruments such as this one, so whatever has happened should not be a…25 Feb 2019HANSARDSecuritisation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate and I shall try to deal with the issues that have been raised. A common theme is the issue of reciprocity,…25 Feb 2019HANSARDUncertificated Securities (Amendment and EU Exit) Regulations 2019Yes, I generously accept the suggestion made by the noble Lord, and I beg to move.25 Feb 2019HANSARDSubordinate Legislation: Transparency and AccountabilityThe noble Lord’s question goes slightly broader than the narrow Question about statutory instruments’ transparency and accountability. On his first point, it is a matter for the…21 Feb 2019HANSARDSubordinate Legislation: Transparency and AccountabilityI am grateful to the noble and learned Lord. I was present in the House of Commons on that historic date but I cannot remember which side I was on, because I cannot remember…21 Feb 2019HANSARDSubordinate Legislation: Transparency and AccountabilityAffirmative resolutions cannot come into effect until they have been debated in both Houses, while negative ones should be laid in draft 10 days before they are made and 21 days…21 Feb 2019HANSARDSubordinate Legislation: Transparency and AccountabilityMy Lords, the Government agree with the report’s main conclusions and continue to take steps to ensure that statutory instruments respect parliamentary processes and conventions,…21 Feb 2019HANSARDSubordinate Legislation: Transparency and AccountabilityI pay tribute to my noble friend, those who with him work on the JCSI and the lawyers for their important if unglamorous work in scrutinising subordinate legislation, not least…21 Feb 2019HANSARDSubordinate Legislation: Transparency and AccountabilityI agree with that section of the report that deals with accessibility. Given their increasing availability on the internet, we hope that statutory instruments are more accessible…21 Feb 2019HANSARDCollective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 5, 13 and 17 December 2018 be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 4 February .18 Feb 2019HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Election Expenses Exclusion) (Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, the election expenses exclusion order brought forward today aims to make significant improvements to the electoral framework. The order proposes that expenses that are…14 Feb 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 12 December 2018 be approved.14 Feb 2019HANSARDCombined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2019I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate and for their support for the Motions we are bringing forward. As I said, the background is a…14 Feb 2019HANSARDCombined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2019That the draft Order laid before the House on 12 December 2018 be approved.14 Feb 2019