Trade Bill

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 12 in my name. I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Haym...

My Lords, I declare my interest as co-chair of Peers for the Planet. As the noble Lord, Lord Gran...

My Lords, I understand that it has not been possible to reach the noble Lord, Lord Duncan of Spri...

My Lords, I am pleased to support Amendment 14 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of B...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh. She always speaks a...

I call the next speaker, the noble Lord, Lord Browne of Ladyton. Perhaps we will be able to come ...

My Lords, it might come as no surprise that I agree with every word that has been said so far, an...

My Lords, for the information of Members, I will say that I understand that the noble Lord, Lord ...

I plan to speak mainly on Amendment 12, but I also support Amendment 40 and, particularly, Amendm...

[Inaudible.]—the view of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans that the Government a...

My Lords, I understand the intention of the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, and the other noble Lo...

My Lords, there is surely nothing more important than addressing climate change, as the noble Bar...

My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendment 40. As we deepen and strengthen our global trading...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has already referred to the Henry VIII powers and questio...

My Lords, I will not follow the noble Lord, Lord Beith, in the thrust of his comments, although I...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Lansley has eloquently made one of the points that I was going to ...

My Lords, before I start, I should apologise for any noise that may interfere. There is a demonst...

My Lords, as a member of the new EU International Agreements Sub-Committee, I support any attempt...

My Lords, I first thank my noble friends, Lord Grimstone, the Minister, and Lord Younger of Lecki...

My Lords, I regard this group of amendments as vital. I thank my noble friend Lord Grantchester a...

I call the next speaker, the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood. He is not available at the moment. We wi...

My Lords, it is a sobering fact that, as we discuss this important group of amendments with regar...

My Lords, I start by thanking all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. There have bee...

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

I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Younger for explaining in some detail the negotiating manda...

I thank my noble friend for that. I am not sure that I can be drawn to talk about tomatoes. The b...

I am very grateful to all noble Lords who spoke on this group of amendments. The Bill is an oppor...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 13. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

Lord Bassam of Brighton

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

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My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to open this important group and move Amendment 13 in my name...

My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendment 51. I thank my noble friend Lord Bassam for settin...

My Lords, I begin by addressing Amendment 13 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Bassam of Bright...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 75 in my name. Intellectual property rights, if governed badl...

My Lords, I am pleased to support Amendment 51, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton,...

It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Patel. I shall speak to Amendment 51, to wh...

My Lords, I have some sympathy with this group of amendments, and Amendment 51 in particular. I w...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, and my noble friend Lord Patel have very eloquently ...

My Lords, I will intervene only briefly, initially to support my noble friend Lord Bassam in some...

My Lords, many of the debates here take me back to 2012, and I look forward to the contribution f...

My Lords, I shall start with Amendments 51 and 75, dealing with protecting the NHS and access to ...

My Lords, I want to take up one point made by the noble Lord, Lord Fox, about today’s drugs not a...

My Lords, I say first that I very much agree with everything that my noble friend Lady Noakes had...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for stating in very clear terms the...

My Lords, I am sure noble Lords remember that when they first entered your Lordships’ House, they...

I have received requests to speak after the Minister from the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton.

I thank the Minister for his explanation. The Minister faces two main problems with this Bill. Th...

I thank the noble Baroness for those comments. If she, as an experienced hand, is prepared to len...

I have also received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tw...

My Lords, in his remarks, the Minister referred twice to the mandate that the negotiators have fo...

I thank the noble Lord for that question. I draw no distinction between our negotiating objective...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Bassam of Brighton.

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My Lords, this has been a very long and wide-ranging debate on amendments which are pretty simple...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 15. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

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

“( ) ...

My Lords, in the digital era in particular, intellectual property is the lifeblood of our creativ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 16 in my name, which similarly requests a report on data. I ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 34 in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy o...

My Lords, next to speak are the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of the Shaws, and the noble Lord, Lo...

My Lords, Amendments 15 and 16 speak for themselves, but I just want to take a moment to say how ...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Sheikh. No? I call the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick.