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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)The Minister is not allowing questions, so will she provide clarification? It is absolutely normal to have amendments to legislation, but it is not normal to delete all the…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Will the Minister give way?22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Given that the Minister would not let me intervene on her earlier, I want to clarify that she appeared to give us our first piece of evidence about what the Government intend to…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Will the Minister give way?22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)I would certainly be happy to refer them to any consumer champion, because I think they would have a very strong case that they were not getting compensation in reasonable time…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)The hon. Gentleman comes so close, yet does not quite score his goal. He has said that it is about setting out a framework so these things could happen. There is no guarantee…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He was part of a Government who brought forward the Beecroft report, so I will take absolutely no lectures about frightening…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)This is a good example of the challenge we faced yesterday in the Delegated Legislation Committee on persistent organic pollutants, where it was not clear what legislation was…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)I pay testament to my hon. Friend for working through that list, and for introducing us all to the concept of killer shrimp. I am sure that we will have nightmares about them, as…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that it is worth having concerns when not only do Government Members prioritise removing anything that includes the word “Europe”, but the Minister seems…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Will my hon. Friend comment on the irony that the Minister has argued that we need to do this because we were never able to refuse a piece of legislation from the European Union,…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Government Members may find this incomprehensible, but at some point it is not inconceivable that they may be in opposition. When they are, and they are presented with a…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. Given that we are debating whether Ministers are capable of scrutiny, not to take any questions rather proves the point. Does my hon. Friend…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Can my hon. Friend have any confidence in the dashboard itself if Ministers are not prepared to put it on a statutory footing by at least listing the laws that are creating it?…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)My hon. Friend speaks with the experience and frustration of having seen this all before. That is the challenge. The hon. Member for Bosworth is relatively new to this experience,…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Say it again!22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)I know there was bated breath and anticipation as we returned this afternoon. I hope we have as joyous and entertaining a debate as we had this morning about such an important…22 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this evening, Mr Hosie. I support everything that my hon. Friend the Member for Newport West has said about this matter, and I…21 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022The Minister does not quite recognise the seriousness of the questions that I ask if she thinks that it is scaremongering to ask them. She said that she is going through the Bill,…21 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022Can the Minister confirm that it is the Government’s intention to replace the relevant regulations—which I cited—that this SI depends on? Yes or no? It would be incredibly helpful…21 Nov 2022