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Trade Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Berkeley (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 29 September 2020. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Trade Bill.

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who contributed to this short debate and for the support they have shown. They all have expertise in this field and it is heartening that we have cross-party support, if I can put it that way. I am also grateful to the Minister for his helpful comments. If it is the Government’s view that they do not want to widen the scope of this Trade Bill, I fully understand that, especially as the Minister appears to have found another solution to take this forward. Clearly we have further work to do when the other Bill comes to your Lordships, assuming there will be some ping-pong involved. We will have to try to convince various legal experts in this House that this is a particularly important thing to allow through in whatever state the Government are proposing when it comes from the other place.

I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken and to the Minister for his very helpful reply. On that basis, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
806 c40GC 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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