Trade Bill

My Lords, I will also speak in support of Amendment 4, which I have put my name to.

I thank...

My Lords, I have put my name to Amendments 3 and 4 and speak in support of the noble Baroness, La...

My Lords, surely the point is that the Bill relates only to agreements in place before exit day. ...

The noble Lord is clearly prescient, because I am just about to cover the very point he raises. A...

I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Henig, and thank her, the noble Baroness, Lady ...

My Lords, we now know for a fact that only a tiny fraction of those rolled-over trade agreements ...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for pointing out the distinction between whether chlorine washing...

It is a shame that processes do not allow interventions on interventions. When have I said that t...

I apologise and withdraw in that case.

I am grateful for that. The point I am making is that the EU, with full UK support, has had a con...

What else does the noble Lord have in mind in proposed new subsection (5B) when he uses the expre...

As the noble Lord will know, we have engaged in a number of legislative standards across all the ...

My Lords, we have had a very good debate on an important and long-lasting topic which we need to ...

My Lords, I appreciate the attention that this House has paid to the vitally important issue of s...

I have been looking at the continuity agreement reached with the Faroe Islands. I understand that...

My Lords, as I tried to explain, the Motions laid by the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, will be dealt w...

I may be able to help the noble Baroness. I am grateful for the response from the Government Whip...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and her promise to bring this back at Third Readi...

Moved by

Lord Judge

3A: Clause 2, page 2, line 47, at end insert—

“( ) Regulati...

My Lords, this amendment has very little to do with trade as such, but it raises a constitutional...

My Lords, if the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, thought that his thinking was inadequate com...

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment because I share the concern expressed by the nob...

My Lords, we should be very grateful to the Constitution Committee for drawing our attention to t...

My Lords, I do not need to add to the masterful laying out of the reasons for the amendment by th...

My Lords, I offer a footnote in support of noble and learned Lords and the points just made. It s...

My Lords, I suppose I ought to take some part in this discussion. I hope to do so briefly, becaus...

My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, and the noble Lords, Lord Pannick and L...

I am very grateful to the noble Baroness. Under the Pepper v Hart principle, what matters is not ...

I am happy to confirm that that is the case.

Can I press my noble friend a little further? Why does she not simply arrange for Amendment 3A to...

My Lords, there is a genuine difference of legal opinion here. My proposal is that we reflect on ...

I apologise for interrupting at this stage, but is my noble friend prepared to say on the record ...

I am unable to make that commitment.

May I respectfully ask what, in that case, would be the purpose of the meeting with the Minister ...

My understanding is that we have a clear legal position which is strongly believed, and the meeti...

If we can reach a mutual agreement on it, it is at least possible that the Government may decide ...

There will be other opportunities; perhaps we could have a meeting before the second day on Repor...

Provided it is understood that the resolution of this issue will abide or at least wait for a mee...

I have heard a very well-argued case—the first time I have heard the impact of that case. I can c...

I suggest that this matter cannot be brought back on the second day, because this is an amendment...

My Lords, we are in a very similar situation to where we were in an earlier debate. Clearly there...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, and I agree with that position.

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson. I think that calling for a Division at...

Moved by

Baroness Henig

5: Clause 3, page 3, line 43, at end insert—

“(5A) A Mi...

My Lords, I hope that my amendment will prove a little more straightforward than the one we have ...

I am most grateful to my noble friend for giving way. I know that she is an expert in the subject...

I absolutely agree. That is precisely my concern: that there is an effective scrutiny process in ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Henig, for tabling Amendment 5. It gives the House an ...

Before the Minister finishes, I do not think that she answered my noble friend’s question about c...

My Lords, the engagement we have with civic society, businesses and trade unions will be critical...

I have listened carefully to what the Minister said. She talked about a “running commentary”, and...

Moved by

Baroness Fairhead

6: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause—

...

My Lords, this group includes Amendments 6 and 7. With the indulgence of the House, I shall speak...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

7: After Clause 5, leave out subsection (1)(b)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for a useful meeting, and for responding to my ame...

My Lords, in Committee there were a number of amendments, including one in my name, which sought ...

I declare an interest as the UK co-chair of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group. My understanding of ...

That is helpful. However, my question to the Government remains as to what the status of the Bill...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe for Amendment 7, which brings reporting on f...

From my experience of the Scottish Parliament, there is nothing to prevent any UK Government subm...

That is a helpful interruption, but we would probably like to have a more formal process for hand...

I thank my noble friend for her very helpful assurances and have pleasure in withdrawing my amend...

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

8: After Clause 5, insert the following new C...

My Lords, as I mentioned earlier, since Committee the Government have published the very helpful ...

I emphasise how important this issue is. From my experience, the UK has arguably the finest legal...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh for presenting this amendment and for giving us t...

My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend for such a comprehensive response. I am sure some...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

9: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause—

“Pref...

I am glad to have the opportunity to speak to Amendment 9 in my name and that of the noble Lord, ...

I rise briefly to support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, which I have...

I thank the noble Lords, Lord Lansley and Lord Stevenson, for moving the amendment standing in th...

I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister and indeed to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for t...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

10: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause—

“The...

Amendment 10 stands in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson. In Committee, we did n...

I have a private joke with the former Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, that ther...

I thank my noble friend for moving the amendment. The noble Lord is right: my noble friend has ra...

I am grateful to my noble friend, and to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara. This debate...

Moved by

Lord Lea of Crondall

11: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause—