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HANSARDTrade BillBefore the Minister moves on to detailed points, perhaps this might be a good moment for him to tell the Committee, out of all the countries with which we would like to have our…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. As he rightly says, free ports are distortionary by definition. If you create a free port close to another port, one will survive…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, the fact that, if the Government have their way, in two months’ time we shall be dragged out of the single market is a tragedy of great proportions which will affect…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillThe noble Lord is, once again, moving into the dangerous business of making elementary errors in the interpretation of statistics. Quite clearly, where we had a relationship with…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord again, but I will just correct him on this matter. If he looks at the figures, he will see that France and Germany have increased their…30 Jan 2019 Bills sponsored (1)