Trade Bill

My Lords, we have talked at length about the purpose of the Government’s trade continuity program...

My Lords, briefly, we on this side support the amendment and are pleased the Government are commi...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord McNicol of West Kilbride, for his support. As I think the ...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

27: Clause 7, page 5, line 15, leave out subsecti...

My Lords, I rise as batsman No. 3 today. This group covers Amendments 27, 28, 29, 30 and 36 to 58...

My Lords, it is a test of the abilities of Ministers to be able to breathe life into a list such ...

My Lords, I will also speak to Amendment 28, to which I have added my name. There is not much to ...

My Lords, I add my support to Amendment 28. I hope not to repeat too many of the points already m...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for this amendment, and for his scrutiny of the...

Clearly, I would always defer to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, on these issues, but I ha...

I listened carefully to what the noble Lord said. He referred to the point I made about making se...

I return to the word “normally”, to which the Minister drew attention. I recognise that in its ju...

My Lords, this has been a useful little debate and I am grateful to the noble Viscount, Lord Youn...

As I said, I am very happy to be part of further discussions.

A further meeting, principally with those who raised points in this debate, would satisfy us. I d...

Moved by

Baroness Fairhead

29: Clause 8, page 6, line 12, leave out from “has” to end...

Moved by

Baroness Brown of Cambridge

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

My Lords, Amendments 31 and 32 are in my name and those of my noble friend Lord Kinnoull and the ...

My Lords, I added my name to these two amendments and I will be brief. I agree with every word th...

My Lords, I will make three very quick points. First, we need to be clear that Amendment 31 simpl...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Cambridge, and the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull,...

I thank the Minister for her detailed response. It is very encouraging to hear of progress with t...

Moved by

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve

33: After Clause 12, insert the following new C...

My Lords, in the absence of my noble friends Lord Bilimoria and Lord Hannay, I shall move Amendme...

My Lords, I was added as the fourth batsman. I have only one thing to add to the very clear prese...

My Lords, we have heard many times about the soft power of education as it reaches out around the...

My Lords, the Government welcome international students, who make a valuable contribution to the ...

I thank the Minister for a very interesting reply and, of course, for the publication of the new ...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

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

My Lords, when I first joined your Lordships’ House, I was given tutelage in the ways and proceed...

My name is on this amendment, which seems to be an extremely sensible one. I support what has jus...

My Lords, as we move towards the final stages of Report, it is right that we reflect briefly on w...

My Lords, I profoundly believe that we should not leave the European Union without a deal in plac...

I just want to make a point about the ability to have the regulations on the Swiss agreement. The...

My noble friend the Minister may know what their intentions are but, as I understand it, in a num...

My Lords, it is also worth pointing out that, in the event of an accidental no deal—which I hope ...

I thank the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara and Lord Kerr of Kinlochard. I am particular...

I am grateful to the Minister for responding as she has done. I pay tribute to her and her team f...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

35: Before Schedule 1, insert the following new ...

Moved by

Baroness Fairhead

36: Schedule 1, page 11, line 28, leave out sub-paragraph ...

Moved by

Baroness Fairhead

45: Schedule 2, page 15, line 18, after “Crown” insert “ac...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

59: Schedule 4, page 19, line 27, at end insert “following a re...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to be the back-marker on Report. Amendment 59 inserts text into the sc...

I support the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, and congratulate him on the succinctness with which he ha...

My Lords, Amendment 60 is in my name and those of my noble friend Lord Kinnoull and the noble Bar...

My Lords, Amendment 60 is also in my name. I too have problems with the TRA as currently constitu...

My Lords, I rise simply to say that I do not particularly agree with Amendment 60. It is necessar...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their continued engagement with the work to establish the Trade...

My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for her response to this short debate. It is fitting...