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Trade Bill

Lords committee stage fifth day. New clauses and amendments, after clause 2, considered.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

806 cc956-1077 

Session

2019-21

Legislative stage

Committee stage

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House of Lords chamber
Trade Bill 2019-21. Brought from the Commons.
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Bills
House of Lords
Trade Bill. Constitution Committee (HL) fifteenth report.
Thursday, 24 September 2020
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Deposited Paper DEP2020-0604
Thursday, 15 October 2020
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House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2020-0606
Thursday, 15 October 2020
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House of Lords

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Deposited Paper DEP2020-0605
Thursday, 15 October 2020
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Proceeding contributions

Lord Alderdice | 806 cc956-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, hybrid proceedings will now resume. Some Members are here in the Chamber, respecting so...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 806 c957 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Purvis of Tweed

39: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—


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Lord Alderdice | 806 c957 (Link to this contribution)

I call the noble Earl, Lord Sandwich. No? Then I call the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester.

Lord Grantchester | 806 cc957-8 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, and the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, for bringing ...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 806 cc958-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who spoke to Amendment 39 on Thursday and the noble Lord, Lord ...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 806 cc959-961 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to those who have spoken within this group, even with the slightly disjoi...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 806 c961 (Link to this contribution)

I have taken note of a number of questions raised by the noble Lord and I think it best to addres...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 806 c961 (Link to this contribution)

I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Lord Alderdice | 806 c961 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 42. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to ...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 806 c961 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Purvis of Tweed

42: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 806 cc961-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Grimstone, has said on a number of occasions: tr...

Baroness Noakes | 806 c964 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I was quite surprised to find the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, concentrating on th...

Baroness Suttie | 806 cc964-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall be brief, as my noble friend Lord Purvis has already made a characteristically ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 806 c965 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, for giving me the opportunity to probe on...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 806 c966 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Bassam of B...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 806 c966 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, for putting forward this amendment. ...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 cc966-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome this amendment, put down by the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, and the nob...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 806 c967 (Link to this contribution)

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

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 806 cc967-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, of course I look forward to receiving another letter from the Minister. I hope that he ...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 806 c969 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 46. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to ...

Lord Fox | 806 c969 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Fox

46: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—

“Trade a...

Lord Fox | 806 cc969-971 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 46 is in my name and those of my noble friend Lord Purvis of Tweed, the noble...

Earl of Clancarty | 806 cc971-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in speaking in strong support of the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Fox, I wil...

Baroness Bull | 806 cc973-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support this amendment, which seeks to secure the continued success of the UK’s trade...

Baroness Noakes | 806 c975 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I had initially intended to take part in the debate on this amendment solely for the pu...

Lord Judd | 806 c975 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a very important impendent indeed, and we have cause to be grateful to all thos...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 806 cc975-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will focus on the narrow words in the amendment on

“the same reciprocal rights ...

Lord Bradshaw | 806 cc976-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak from my background as somebody who has worked in logistics. I will not enter in...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 806 cc977-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak to offer the Green group’s support for Amendment 46 and closely associate mysel...

Lord Berkeley | 806 cc978-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too support the amendment. It is very important, and noble Lords who have spoken have...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 806 cc979-980 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we all owe a great deal of thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for his amendment and fo...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 806 cc980-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I turn to Amendment 46, regarding the parameters of the UK’s future relationship with t...

Lord Fox | 806 cc981-2 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister and all speakers in this short debate. As others have said, the noble Earl, ...

Baroness Fookes | 806 c982 (Link to this contribution)

I am not able to call Amendment 48A by reason of pre-emption.

Baroness Fookes | 806 c982 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 54. I remind noble Lords again that anyone wish...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 806 cc982-3 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

54: After Clause 2, insert the following new ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 806 cc983-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to move Amendment 54 and speak to Amendment 55, which is in my name and ...

Baroness Henig | 806 cc985-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure, as ever, to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, and speak...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 806 cc987-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Henig, and to act as a co-sig...

Lord Lansley | 806 cc988-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad to have this opportunity to say a few words about these two amendments. I can...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 806 cc989-990 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will take issue with the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, in a moment. In the meantime, I wo...

Baroness Noakes | 806 c990 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first, I want to associate myself with the remarks of my noble friend Lord Lansley. I a...

Lord Judd | 806 cc990-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, although, as the amendment states firmly, it is not exclusively concerned with the issu...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 806 cc991-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, and I agree with him that we should a...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 806 cc994-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have a lot of sympathy with the points made by the movers of this amendment in their ...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 cc995-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we have had yet another interesting debate where the expertise of noble Lords has been ...

Lord Alderdice | 806 c997 (Link to this contribution)

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

Lord Lansley | 806 c997 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my noble friend for his response to the debate. I want to make one point. I fear...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 c997 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have nothing to add to those perceptive comments from my noble friend.

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 806 cc997-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful for the clarification from the noble Lord, Lord Lansley. I think that we ...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 c998 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for his question. We will come to GSPs in a later debate; if the perceptiv...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 806 c998 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to those noble Lords who contributed. I would be most grateful if my noble friend c...

Lord Alderdice | 806 c999 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 58. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Lord Hain | 806 c999 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Hain

58: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—

“Trade ...

Lord Hain | 806 cc999-1003 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 58 on the Irish protocol, I will speak to Amendments 59, 65 and 82 ...

Lord Alderdice | 806 c1003 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Do...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 806 cc1003-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hain, as a co-signatory of these amendmen...

Lord Lansley | 806 cc1005-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I agree with Amendment 58 and I hope all noble Lords agree with it, because it is our s...

Lord Judd | 806 c1007 (Link to this contribution)

It is always a pleasure to speak to an amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Hain on Northern I...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 806 cc1007-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity with this small group of amendments to press forward some of ...

Baroness Noakes | 806 c1008 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wish to speak only to Amendment 82 in this group. I generally try not to speak on mat...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 806 cc1008-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will be brief. The noble Lord, Lord Hain, and the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, have ...

Baroness Suttie | 806 cc1009-1010 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in his eloquent speech, the noble Lord, Lord Hain, set out the background and the histo...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 806 cc1010-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we have had a very interesting debate at a very high level. Of course, that is inevitab...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 806 cc1011-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the amendments in this group all relate to various aspects of the Northern Ireland prot...

Lord Hain | 806 cc1013-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Stevenson and all those who have spoken in this d...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 806 c1014 (Link to this contribution)

We come now to Amendment 64. I remind noble Lords, as before, that anyone wishing to speak after ...

Lord Lansley | 806 cc1014-5 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Lansley

64: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—

“Tra...

Lord Lansley | 806 cc1015-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad to have this opportunity to move Amendment 64, the purpose of which is to see...

Viscount Waverley | 806 cc1016-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has succinctly made the case. The final countdown to the ...

Baroness Noakes | 806 cc1018-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I certainly support all that my noble friend Lord Lansley said about the importance of ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 806 c1019 (Link to this contribution)

My Lord, I personally welcome the idea of the Secretary of State laying a report before Parliamen...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 806 cc1019-1022 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for moving this amendment. It has a...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 806 cc1021-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we should be grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for his amendment on trade promo...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 cc1023-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Lansley for his amendment and his wise words in his introd...

Lord Lansley | 806 cc1024-5 (Link to this contribution)

I am most grateful to the Minister for his response and to all those who took part in the debate....

Baroness Fookes | 806 c1025 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to Amendment 66—Lord Stevenson of Balmacara. I understand that neither the noble Lord...

Baroness Fookes | 806 c1025 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 68. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Lord Alton of Liverpool | 806 c1025 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Alton of Liverpool

68: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—...

Lord Alton of Liverpool | 806 cc1025-1030 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we come now to Amendments 68 and 76A, which are being taken together. Amendment 76A sup...

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 806 cc1030-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise for not being here at the start of this Committee. I had to chair the Econo...

Baroness Fookes | 806 c1032 (Link to this contribution)

As the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, has withdrawn, I call the noble Baroness, Lady Falkner of Margrav...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 806 cc1032-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lords, Lord Alton and Lord Forsyth. The nob...

Baroness Deech | 806 cc1033-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I salute my noble friend Lord Alton for bringing the amendment forward in the style to ...

Baroness Fookes | 806 c1034 (Link to this contribution)

Owing to an error in the listing, the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, will speak later. Meanwhile...

Baroness Noakes | 806 cc1034-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like other noble Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for his consistent...

Baroness Fookes | 806 c1035 (Link to this contribution)

I understand that the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, has withdrawn so I call the noble Lord, Lord J...

Lord Judd | 806 cc1035-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for introducing this amendment. I agree absolutely ...

Baroness Smith of Newnham | 806 c1036 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I hope noble Lords can hear me; my computer is claiming that my bandwidth is low, but I...

Baroness Fookes | 806 c1036 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, has withdrawn, as has the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downp...

Lord Hope of Craighead | 806 cc1037-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have great sympathy for the thinking that lies behind these amendments, and I have hu...

Lord Sheikh | 806 cc1038-1040 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is imperative that we support Amendment 68, proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Alton o...

Baroness Northover | 806 cc1040-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been a passionate debate on an appalling subject: the brutality of man against...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 806 cc1041-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for his amendment and his excellent spee...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 cc1042-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I turn to Amendments 68 and 76A in the name of the noble Lords, Lord Alton of Liverpool...

Baroness Henig | 806 c1043 (Link to this contribution)

There are no requests to speak after the Minister, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Alton of Liverp...

Lord Alton of Liverpool | 806 cc1043-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for the way in which he has addressed the Committee, but al...

Baroness Henig | 806 c1046 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 70. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 806 c1046 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

70: After Clause 2, insert the following new ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 806 cc1046-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to speak to Amendments 70 and 95. The noble Lord, Lord Wigley, had very ...

Lord Lansley | 806 cc1047-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad to have the opportunity, in this group, to follow my noble friend Lady McInto...

Baroness Noakes | 806 cc1048-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak only to Amendment 70 in this group. We voted to leave the EU on 23 June 20...

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 806 c1049 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise as someone with many years of experience in supply chains, including just-in-tim...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 806 cc1049-1050 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak first, briefly, to linked Amendments 70 and 95, in the names of the noble...

Lord Fox | 806 cc1050-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, when I saw this grouping, I hoped that these speeches would identify the golden thread ...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 806 cc1051-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, and the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for their ...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 806 cc1052-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I do not know about fishing expeditions, but let me turn to Amendment 70 in the name of...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 806 c1054 (Link to this contribution)

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

Lord Fox | 806 c1054 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister said in his repudiation of, or comments on, my points that businesses have no excuse...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 806 c1054 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord makes a very good point and I hope that he will not take this as being unempatheti...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 806 cc1054-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I think my noble friend was doing quite well until that last remark. Saying “four years...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 806 c1055 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we come now to the group commencing with Amendment 71. I remind noble Lords that anyone...

Lord Freyberg | 806 c1055 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Freyberg

71: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—

“Tr...

Lord Freyberg | 806 cc1055-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Grimstone, for the opportunity to speak today about trade ...

Lord Clement-Jones | 806 cc1056-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wholeheartedly support the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg, to pro...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 806 cc1058-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg, is to be congratulated on bringing these amendments to t...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 cc1059-1061 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will address Amendments 71 and 72, tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Clement-Jones and ...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 806 c1061 (Link to this contribution)

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

Lord Freyberg | 806 cc1061-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his helpful reply. I will take him up on his offer to facilita...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 806 c1062 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 77. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Baroness Hayman | 806 c1062 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Hayman

77: Clause 6, page 4, line 22, at end insert—

“( ) ana...

Baroness Hayman | 806 cc1062-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones, and Lady Kramer, who have added thei...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 806 cc1063-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendment 77 in my name and those of the noble Baronesses, Lady Hayman and La...

Lord Judd | 806 cc1064-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is an important amendment. On matters of the environment, there has been a lot of ...

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted | 806 c1065 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise for being a late newcomer to Trade Bill proceedings, but other Bills and co...

Lord Inglewood | 806 c1066 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall intervene briefly in support of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, and speak to A...

Lord Oates | 806 cc1066-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in speaking to the amendments I declare my interest as chair of the advisory committee ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 806 cc1067-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, am extremely sympathetic to these amendments and I congratulate the noble Baron...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 806 c1068 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have already spoken during the course of this Bill of the Government’s commitment to ...

Baroness Hayman | 806 c1068 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who contributed to this short debate. Of course, I am disappo...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 806 c1069 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 78. I remind noble Lords that anyone ...

Baroness Kramer | 806 c1069 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Kramer

78: Clause 6, page 4, line 25, leave out from “TRA” to end o...

Baroness Kramer | 806 cc1069-1071 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, under the Bill, the UK’s current Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate, part of the...

Lord Lansley | 806 cc1071-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, at this late hour, I draw noble Lords’ attention to the debate on the predecessor Bill ...

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted | 806 cc1072-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak in favour of Amendments 78, 79, 104 and 114, in the name of my noble frien...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 806 c1073 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, has withdrawn, so I now call the noble Lord, Lord Bassam of Brig...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 806 cc1073-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is an important and valuable group of amendments and I congratulate my colleagues ...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 cc1074-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I recognise that the amendments tabled by noble Lords are intended to reinforce the ind...

Baroness Kramer | 806 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for making it clear that the Secretary of State—

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 806 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

I apologise. I think the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, would like to speak after the Minister. I got ...

Lord Lansley | 806 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful. Just for the avoidance of doubt, will my noble friend the Minister agree that it i...

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel | 806 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for that question. I have some skin in this game, because I...

Baroness Kramer | 806 cc1076-7 (Link to this contribution)

When the noble Lord, Lord Grimstone, drew up that framework for public appointments, there was no...

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