Trade Bill

My Lords, I will begin by reading the amendment to set out what I am trying to do here:

“It...

My Lords, I really had to get to my feet since I was referred to by the noble Lord, Lord Lea of C...

Just to correct that statement, it was John Major’s Government who negotiated an opt-out from the...

As soon as I said that, I knew it was wrong, but in fact Mr Blair continued that way and did not ...

That is the central point. The reason we could not do it at national level, whether in Europe or ...

That, of course, is a matter of opinion. There are others who say that because we are members of ...

I thank the noble Lord for his compelling and persuasive speech. For those of us who are determin...

I can help the noble Lord on that. In the six months since the summer, Jeremy Corbyn—whether you ...

I think it is access to the single market, and we are both aware of the difference between those ...

If the protocol of the House allows me, I will answer questions as they come in this way. The pro...

It is a credible proposal, but only if it has some sort of political support. The questions I put...

My Lords, against the framework of what the future relationship will be, I do not think that the ...

I hesitate to become too involved in this debate, which seems rather above the level at which I a...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lea, for setting out the rationale for his amendment. He was sincere...

I thank the Minister for that very courteous reply. I do indeed believe that he has taken the poi...

Moved by

Lord Purvis of Tweed

67: Clause 6, page 5, line 4, after “in” insert—

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My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 68. These are probing amendments the purpose of which i...

My Lords, I just want to say a word on this. I will not add much, because the noble Lord, Lord Pu...

My Lords, I start by thanking my noble friend Lord Lansley, who has paved the way quite well for ...

I am most grateful to the Minister for giving way. A case in point that my noble friend Lord Lans...

I very much take note of what my noble friend has said. I have no doubt that that point, and so m...

I am grateful to the Minister for his characteristically thorough response, except that we still ...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

75: After Clause 6, insert the following new C...

My Lords, I shall try to keep this brief, so I will not read out my amendment. We have heard a lo...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, for providing this opportunity to discuss these...

Does the Minister accept that climate risk has to be part of any sort of trade negotiations, in t...

My Lords, I think I have reiterated just how important climate change is to the Government’s prio...

I am trying to help both sides come to an arrangement. I do not think that the noble Baroness who...

I thank the noble Lord for his intervention. Absolutely; I hope I restated that the WTO needs ref...

I thank the Minister for her answer and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for suggesting th...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

77: After Clause 8, insert the following new Cla...

Although this group of amendments points in different directions, the amendments have a common st...

My Lords, I support the amendment in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and Lord Purvis...

My Lords, I am very happy to have my name attached to these amendments. It shows the Government t...

My Lords, following the excellent speeches we have just listened to, beginning with my noble frie...

My Lords, what connects this group of amendments is that they are European Research Group’s amend...

My Lords, I support Amendment 77 for the reason that the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has just given...

My Lords, I rise more in hope than expectation of being able to persuade your Lordships. I pick u...

I apologise for interrupting the Minister. I want to add perhaps another degree of lunacy to the ...

I will make some progress, but I will come back to that point—when inspiration arrives.

No ...

I ask this question as someone who is not a politician and who therefore sometimes gets quite con...

It is a challenge when someone with the noble Lord’s intellect begins a sentence by apologising f...

The Minister is making a very gallant effort and I applaud it. I enjoyed many of the things he sa...

That is the noble Lord’s position on this: the reality is that the Prime Minister is seeking an a...

On that last point, we keep talking about 29 March, but of course sales are already being made an...

Yes, there is a reason why we have brought back the agreement—to resolve the situation.

As ...

On this point about VAT, I hope the Minister will forgive me for saying that he and I are probabl...

I am very happy to give an undertaking to the noble Lord that I will reflect with colleagues, par...

That was an interesting and enlivening evening. I have come up with a brilliant title for my fort...

My Lords, I am grateful for this opportunity to debate whether Clause 9 and Schedule 4 should sta...

My Lords, I have some sympathy with my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering but for a quite di...

My Lords, we are dealing with a clause stand part amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, La...

I am grateful to the noble Lord and will be content as long as my noble friend the Minister can a...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Stevenson talked about a speech, but I think he might have overemp...

My Lords, if we are going to anticipate the longer group of amendments, which impact on Schedule ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 101A and 103B in my name. I thank my noble friend Lord Kinn...

My Lords, I am struggling, because I fear we are mixing our drinks a little. On the one hand, we ...

My Lords, I rise briefly in support of the noble Baroness, Lady Brown, and associate myself with ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 101A and, without rehearsing the points, I entirely endorse ...

It will be very hard to do that—I was not suggesting that they should not have that support.

It will be hard, but I do not think we can let the matter go. That is why Amendment 101A should b...

My Lords, I wish to make two brief points in this large but important grouping. The first is in r...

On Amendment 101A, I agree with proposed new subsection 1(c), where you have,

“a chief exec...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. In particular, I thank ...

This is a new procedure, but presumably it is open to an individual Member of your Lordships’ Hou...

I confess that I am unaware of the protocol in this regard. It is a ways and supplies Act and was...

I am not sure that this will help very much, but a negative procedure is a negative procedure. It...

I thank the noble Lord for that clarification.

My noble friend also raised the economic int...

I will intervene before the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, does—I am sure he was just about to. I do n...

I am happy to take that back. I have heard the point. I asked whether there was a practice and wa...

I do not wish to make a glib point, but the Minister has referred to the Office for Students. The...

I am grateful for that clarification, but that is one example that was just plucked out and it ha...

I am most grateful to the Minister for her full response. Picking up the mood of the Committee, I...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

85: After Clause 10, insert the following new Cl...

We can be relatively brief on these amendments; they are substantial in their drafting, and the p...

I am not clear. Is the noble Lord’s intention behind the amendment that the Upper Tribunal would ...

I read that a few moments ago and now I have lost it. I think it is on the merits and on the proc...

Has the noble Lord considered whether one could have an appeal to the courts? Of course, on the E...

I will get through this very quickly and then questions can flow in. Amendment 85, which has alre...

I agree that the public interest test is not defined anywhere, but is the economic interest test ...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for his interventions, which are always helpful, but I was going ...

My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendments 90A and 90B in my name. Again, I thank my noble frie...

My Lords, I do not want to comment on the two amendments I have signed. I want to urge some suppo...

My Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for interrupting him. Of course, there i...

The noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, is absolutely right that the economic interest test is present in...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and Lord McNicol, and the noble Baroness, Lady ...

I am very grateful to the Minister for that very full response. I think she covered most of the p...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

98: After Clause 15, insert the following new Cl...

By this stage of the proceedings the Minister is usually tearing up her notes and packing her bag...

My Lords, I am happy to contribute to the successful realisation of the noble Lord’s ambition to ...

My Lords, I am not sure that the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, did me a great favour by alleging th...

My Lords, I am speaking on behalf of my noble friend Lady Altmann, who is unable to be here and a...

My Lords, I realise that the hour is late, but I rise to support Amendment 98, which would make i...

My Lords, I am delighted to allow the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, to realise his ambition, but I ...

I am grateful to the Minister for her kind words and the way in which she turned down our hope of...