Trade Bill
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Thursday, 24 September 2020
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Moved by
Lord Hain
17: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
“Trade ...
My Lords, I will move Amendment 17 and speak to Amendment 18. Both on the Irish border and have b...
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My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Hain, who has outlined in a very detail...
My Lords, I want to address the terms of Amendment 26, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hain, ...
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hain, on his tremendous work in the area of Norther...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Altmann. I join her in congratulating t...
My Lords, I am pleased to offer the Green group’s support to all these amendments, particularly A...
My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, and to support very warmly t...
My Lords, I seek clarification on Amendment 26. We were promised unfettered access to the Norther...
My Lords, I hesitate to speak in connection with Northern Ireland matters and have tended to leav...
I call the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Aberavon. He is not there, so we will move on t...
My Lords, I rise to express my concern at these amendments. They have been presented at length an...
I call again the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Aberavon. No? I call the noble Baroness, ...
My Lords, it is a somewhat unexpected pleasure to end up following the noble Baroness, Lady Nevil...
My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Hain for pursuing these issues of such immen...
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hain, the noble Baronesses, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick an...
I have received no requests to ask a question of the Minister, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Hai...
My Lords, I am very grateful to all the speakers. Perhaps I could single out my noble and right r...
We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 20. I remind noble Lords that Members other tha...
Moved by
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
20: After Clause 2, insert the following new C...
My Lords, I will be brief. I think there are several more exciting amendments coming after mine. ...
I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for initiating this group of amendments, a...
I support Amendment 22 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, and will vote for it. On...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. I speak to Amendments 20 a...
My Lords, I expect that the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, knows what I am about to s...
My Lords, my interests are as listed in the register. It is a privilege to follow the noble Baron...
My Lords, I declare my environmental interests in the register and my interest as chairman of the...
My Lords, on my way in today I was reflecting on the fact that I started last year, at about this...
My Lords, it seems very appropriate that we are beginning the new year by welcoming a familiar fr...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response, made in his usual sincere and emollient way. I h...
Is the noble Baroness withdrawing her amendment?
Moved by
Lord Grantchester
22: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
I wish to thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, especially the noble Baroness, La...
We now come to Amendment 23. I remind noble Lords that Members other than the mover and the Minis...
Moved by
Baroness Kidron
23: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
“...
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 23 in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson o...
My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, and her extremely cogent i...
My Lords, I speak in favour of Amendment 23, to which I have added my name as a supporter. I spok...
My Lords, I am an enthusiastic supporter of this cross-party amendment to the Trade Bill.
T...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Knight, who clearly has a much more exc...
My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of Amendment 23. The Government’s proposed online harms...
My Lords, I am delighted to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans, and I take...
My Lords, I support this amendment, which has been brilliantly introduced by the noble Baroness, ...
My Lords, I too support this revised amendment. Like everyone else, I pay tribute to the work of ...
My Lords, as ever, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy. I also want to sp...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb in thanking the no...
My Lords, I thank all speakers for their contributions to this rather important debate. I was hap...
My Lords, Amendment 23, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, and the noble Lords, Lord Stev...
Well, I am somewhat surprised. I want to say at the outset that I do not doubt the passion of the...
We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 24. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...
Moved by
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
24: After Clause 2, insert the following new Cla...
My Lords, Amendment 24 is in my name. Although devolution is a settled fact in our constitutional...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, and to ba...
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, for tabling this importan...
My Lords, I regret that I cannot support Amendment 24 in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Steven...
My Lords, I am glad to add my name to those who have spoken in support of Amendment 24 and, yes, ...
My Lords, I wish to say a few words on Amendment 24, which I support, moved by my noble friend Lo...
My Lords, like others who have spoken, I recall that I have spoken several times on similar amend...
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for Amendment 24, as it provides a further opportunity to...
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. I always listen ...
My Lords, I reserved my position on Amendment 25 when we debated it before Christmas. I will not ...
Moved by
Lord Hain
26: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
“Northe...
With permission, I move Amendment 26 and seek to divide the House.
We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 26A. I remind noble Lords that Members other th...
Moved by
Baroness Boycott
26A: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 26A, which concerns the importance of labelling, and will ...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. I am pleased to be able to...
My Lords, I am grateful for this amendment being moved, because it means that we can debate somet...
I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, for joining with me in this group of amendments and lea...
My Lords, I turn now to Amendment 26A, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, and the noble...
First, I thank the Minister and the people who spoke in the debate, particularly the noble Barone...
We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 27. I remind noble Lords that Members other tha...
Moved by
Baroness Kramer
27: Clause 6, page 4, line 16, at end insert—
“( ) In ...
There are many issues to cover this evening. I am moving Amendment 27, in my name and those of my...
I call the next speaker, the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed.
My Lords, I apologise to the House; clearly the message that I had scratched from this group has ...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the very humble noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, and the no...
I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. I shall speak to Amendments 28, 29 and...
My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The amendments in this ...
My Lords, there was some good debate on the TRA in Committee, and the amendments in this group la...
My Lords, I shall speak only to Amendment 27 in this group. I do not support it, mainly because I...
My Lords, now that the Brexit transition period has ended, the creation of the Trade Remedies Aut...
My Lords, there have been some succinct speeches in this debate and I shall keep my remarks relat...
I will be brief. I was disappointed by the speeches of the noble Viscount, Lord Younger, the nobl...
I apologise to the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh. I did not receive note of her wish to intervene...
Moved by
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
31: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clau...
Moved by
Lord Grantchester
31A: After Clause 6, after subsection (3)(d) insert—
Any potential drop in imported food product standards will directly affect public health. I thank...
Moved by
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
34: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clau...
I beg to move.
Amendment 34A (to Amendment 34)
Moved by
Lord Grantchester
34A: After Clause 6, in subsection (2), in inserted subsec...
I beg to move.
Moved by
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
35: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clau...
My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 36A. I remind noble Lords that Member...
Moved by
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
36A: Clause 7, page 5, line 9, leave out subsect...
My Lords, the meat of this short group of amendments is in government Amendments 37 to 42, as lis...
My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, said, this short debate follows on from...
My Lords, I welcome the government amendments, which are technical in nature but allow proper co-...
My Lords, anybody seeking to follow this Trade Bill, including the Bill that we had before Christ...
My Lords, I am perpetually grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, for his contr...
My Lords, I am very grateful to all those who have spoken in this short debate. I started by sugg...
Moved by
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
37: Clause 8, page 5, line 22, after “trade,” ins...
Moved by
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
39: Clause 9, page 7, line 6, after “2016” insert...
Moved by
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
40: Clause 10, page 7, line 46, at end insert—
My Lords, we now come to Amendment 41. I remind noble Lords that Members other than the mover and...
Moved by
Lord Lansley
41: After Clause 10, insert the following new Clause—
“In...
My Lords, Amendment 41 in my name relates to the powers in the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act ...
My Lords, I am sorry to have to say to my noble friend Lord Lansley that I believe that your Lord...
My Lords, I am less squeamish that the noble Baroness about the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord...
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has raised a very interesting question. We need to think ...
I turn to Amendment 41 in the name of my noble friend Lord Lansley, which seeks to ensure that re...
I have received a request to ask a short question from the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed. I ca...
My Lords, I apologise for detaining the House; I know the hour is late. I am grateful to the Mini...
I thank the noble Lord for those comments. The Government will of course reflect on this debate. ...
My Lords, I am most grateful to all those who contributed to this short debate. It demonstrated t...
Moved by
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
42: Clause 11, page 8, line 4, at end insert—
...We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 46. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...
Moved by
Lord Lennie
46: Schedule 2, page 13, line 26, leave out from “1(1)” to end o...
I will be brief. Framing this debate has proved to be difficult because, quite rightly, the Gover...
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, for tabling Amendment 46, to which I was pleased t...
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, for allowing us to conclude at the place ...
My Lords, I will now address Amendment 46, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, which seeks to ...
I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, and the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, for their support for ...
Moved by
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
49: After Schedule 5, insert the following new Sc...
Moved by
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
50: In the Title, line 2, after “it;” insert “to ...