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Trade Bill

Lords committee stage first day. Clause 1 agreed to. Clause 2 under consideration.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

806 cc1-72GC 

Session

2019-21

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

Hybrid proceedings

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee
Trade Bill 2019-21. Brought from the Commons.
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Bills
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2020-0573
Thursday, 1 October 2020
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House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2020-0572
Thursday, 1 October 2020
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House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2020-0571
Thursday, 1 October 2020
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House of Lords

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Deposited Paper DEP2020-0570
Thursday, 1 October 2020
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Proceeding contributions

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 806 c1GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the hybrid Grand Committee will now begin. Some Members are here in person, respecting ...

Lord Lennie | 806 cc1-2GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Lennie

1: Clause 1, page 1, line 16, at end insert—

“(1A) No regu...


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Lord Lennie | 806 cc2-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like others, I regret that the Committee stage of the Trade Bill has to take place in a...

Baroness Burt of Solihull | 806 cc3-4GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 3 on small businesses, to which I have added my name. As we ...

Lord Hain | 806 cc4-5GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendment 1, moved so ably by my noble friend Lord Lennie. I wish to speak sp...

Lord Hendy | 806 cc5-6GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 5, which complements one aspect of my noble friend Lord Lenni...

Baroness Blower | 806 cc6-7GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friends Lord Hain and in particular Lord Hendy, who...

Lord Fox | 806 cc7-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 6 in my name, but before that I want to speak more generally...

Baroness Bryan of Partick | 806 cc8-9GC (Link to this contribution)

I am pleased to speak in support of Amendment 5. The Institute for Government puts UK government ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 806 c9GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will address the provisions of Amendment 3 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lennie...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 806 cc9-10GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I offer the Green group’s agreement with the legal aims of all noble Lords who have spo...

Lord Rooker | 806 c10GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I agree entirely with the speech of my noble friend Lord Hain. We have moved a long way...

Baroness Noakes | 806 cc10-1GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, listening to noble Lords who have contributed so far, it seems to me that they are losi...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 806 c11GC (Link to this contribution)

I call the noble Lord, Lord Judd. Do we have Lord Judd?

Lord Judd | 806 cc11-2GC (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry about that; I did not have the unmute signal on my laptop; it came rather belatedly.

Lord Balfe | 806 cc12-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My concerns are rather general. I have been associated with the European Union for a very long ti...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 806 cc13-5GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wish to address Amendment 6, referred to my noble friend Lord Fox, and to support Ame...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 cc14-9GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak for only the second time in a debate and my first time in Com...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 806 c19GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Fox.

Lord Fox | 806 c19GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am sitting here looking at the small surface wipes, which profess to kill 99.9% of al...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 c19GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for listening so intently to my speech to make those calculatio...

Lord Lennie | 806 cc19-20GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister and other noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, in particular my n...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 806 c20GC (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 7. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to ...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 806 c20GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

7: Clause 2, page 2, line 9, after “considers” i...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 806 cc20-4GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 7, I shall also speak to the others in this group, which it is diff...

Lord Lexden | 806 c24GC (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, does not seem to be available at the moment, so I...

Lord Blunkett | 806 cc24-5GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall address Amendments 9 and 10. I do not have anything as profound to say as my no...

Lord Lansley | 806 cc25-7GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank noble Lords for my first opportunity to speak in Committee. Since Second Reading, an all-...

Lord Haskel | 806 cc26-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, apart from any rollover deals which we entered into when we were part of the European U...

Baroness Noakes | 806 c28GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this Bill is supposed to be about continuity agreements. I accept that Amendments 10 an...

Lord Lexden | 806 c28GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will call the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, again and hope that she is ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 806 cc28-9GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful. I was muted, so I apologise for any inconvenience.

I support Amend...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 806 cc29-31GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will primarily address Amendment 10, to which I have put my name, and then Amendment ...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 cc31-4GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before I start, I acknowledge the point just made by the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, about...

Lord Lexden | 806 c34GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have received two requests to speak after the Minister, from the noble Lords, Lord La...

Lord Lansley | 806 c34GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for the assurances, although I note his p...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 c34GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank my noble friend Lord Lansley for giving me the chance to clarify my comments. We have alr...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 806 c35GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I listened carefully to the Minister. He said two things, one with regard to the scope ...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 c35GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, for his comments. The continuity agreements were t...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 806 cc35-6GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank everybody who has spoken in this debate. It has been a bit of a rollercoaster r...

Lord Lexden | 806 c36GC (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 8. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to ...

Lord Berkeley | 806 c36GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

8: Clause 2, page 2, line 14, at end insert—

“( ) an int...

Lord Berkeley | 806 cc36-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to move Amendment 8. I will also speak to Amendment 1...

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 806 c38GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is the first time I have spoken in the brave new world of Grand Committee. We have...

Baroness Kramer | 806 cc38-9GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, and ...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 806 c39GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Berkeley for introducing this amendment. I am afr...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 806 cc39-40GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we have a change of rider as I leap into the saddle. I turn to Amendments 8 and 19 in t...

Lord Lexden | 806 c40GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have received no requests to speak after the Minister, so I call the noble Lord, Lord...

Lord Berkeley | 806 c40GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who contributed to this short debate and for the ...

Baroness Barker | 806 c41GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 11. I remind noble Lords that anyone ...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 806 c41GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

11: Clause 2, page 2, line 23, at end insert—

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 806 cc41-2GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, for her support for this amendm...

Baroness Barker | 806 c42GC (Link to this contribution)

I call the noble Baroness, Baroness McIntosh of Pickering. No? I think the noble Baroness is unab...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 806 cc42-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to speak primarily to Amendment 11, to which I attached my name, as moved by the...

Lord Hendy | 806 cc43-4GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 18, which develops one aspect of Amendment 11, so ably introduced ...

Baroness Kramer | 806 cc44-5GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, explained, the amendments in this group cluster arou...

Lord Hain | 806 cc45-6GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, who spoke very eloquently; ...

Baroness Blower | 806 cc46-7GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 18. As has been said by my noble friends Lord Hendy a...

Baroness Chakrabarti | 806 cc47-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Blower and to have added my name to Ame...

Lord Alton of Liverpool | 806 cc48-51GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have pleasure in speaking to Amendment 33, which enjoys support from across your Lord...

Lord Blencathra | 806 cc51-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to support Amendment 33 proposed by my noble friend Lord Alton of Liverp...

Baroness Barker | 806 c53GC (Link to this contribution)

I call the next speaker, the noble Lord, Lord Adonis. No? Therefore, I call the next speaker on t...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 806 cc53-5GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I intend, unusually, to part company with my noble friend Lord Alton of Liverpool and s...

Lord Lansley | 806 cc54-6GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Falkner of Margravine, because I think ...

Baroness Northover | 806 cc56-7GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in this group of amendments we are once more addressing standards. Amendment 11, in the...

Lord Inglewood | 806 cc57-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 11, a wide-ranging amendment, and make some general comments...

Lord Rooker | 806 cc58-9GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will say at the outset that I was astonished by the speech of the noble Baroness, Lad...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 806 c59GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to support Amendment 33 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Alton. I am ...

Baroness Noakes | 806 cc59-61GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I note that a number of noble Lords say that they are “rising” to speak to amendments i...

Baroness Barker | 806 c61GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in response to the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, I note that the guidance from the Proce...

Baroness Barker | 806 c61GC (Link to this contribution)

Yes. I now call the next speaker, the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud. My noble friend Lady Smith of ...

Baroness Stroud | 806 cc61-2GC (Link to this contribution)

I will speak in support of Amendment 33 and thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for his commitment ...

Lord Judd | 806 cc62-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have great sympathy with what the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, has just said. It reso...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 806 cc63-4GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to be able to take part in this debate. I am speaking in support of ...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 806 cc64-7GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I remain be-seated to beseech the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, and others to support Am...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 cc67-70GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before I come to Amendments 11, 18, 33 and 45, I want to put on record that we have hea...

Baroness Barker | 806 c68GC (Link to this contribution)

I have received a request from the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, to speak after the Minister.

Baroness Cox | 806 c68GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak very briefly, just to put on record the issues I would have highlighted in...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 c68GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Baroness for those comments. I have carefully noted them.

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 806 cc68-72GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am conscious of time and I will try to be brief. We had an interesting discussion bec...

Baroness Barker | 806 c72GC (Link to this contribution)

That concludes the work of the Committee this afternoon. I remind Members to sanitise their desks...

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