Trade Bill

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

81: After Clause 6, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, this group covers a lot of ground, including some more discussion on the Trade Remedies...

My Lords, I shall speak primarily to Amendment 81, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, ab...

My Lords, I will say a few brief words on Amendment 81, to which I attach my name. It would stren...

It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, and I appreciate the very great contribut...

I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. I fell foul of the procedures myself today—...

My Lords, I am glad to follow my noble friend. My amendment in this group is Amendment 113, which...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Judd. No? Let us go to the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted...

This mixed group of amendments shows that there are a lot of ideas around the TRA and the thinnes...

My Lords, I want to comment on three amendments in this group. First, on Amendment 81, I will ech...

My Lords, I have listened to the speeches of the noble Lord, Lord Bassam of Brighton, and the oth...

I shall now try and call the noble Lord, Lord Judd. Are you there, Lord Judd?

My Lords, I apologise for the fact that our BT hub has been playing hell with us this morning—and...

My Lords, I drafted Amendment 109 essentially in reaction to Amendment 106 proposed by the noble ...

My Lords, we have had a most interesting debate on this group of amendments, particularly touchin...

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

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contribution to this debate. I especially thank those...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 84. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

Baroness Noakes

84: Clause 7, page 5, line 8, at end insert—

“( ) Regu...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 84 I will also speak to Amendments 87 and 88 in this group. These a...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Noakes on these amendments. Their purport is to protect ...

My Lords, I share the concern of the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, and the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes...

My Lords, I support Amendment 84 in the name of my noble friend Lady Noakes, which she moved so e...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, for her Amendment 84 in this group, as it give...

My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lady Noakes and the noble Lord, Lord Bassam of Br...

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

My Lords, first, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate. I am grateful ...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 85A. I remind noble Lords that anyone...

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

85A: Clause 7, page 5, line 17, at end insert...

My Lords, it makes sense to take Amendments 85A and 89A together and I am grateful for the opport...

My Lords, we support these amendments and, broadly speaking, I could just repeat my comments on t...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, for her speech and amendments. As she says, ...

My Lords, I will deal with Amendments 85A and 89A, in the name of my noble friend Lady McIntosh o...

My Lords, I am grateful to those who have contributed and for the support expressed by the noble ...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 86. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel

86: Clause 8, page 5, line 22, after “trade,” ins...

My Lords, this group consists of three government amendments, which are minor and technical in na...

My Lords, I express my gratitude to my noble friend Lord Grimstone for making these amendments. T...

My Lords, as I am very supportive of this Bill and of my noble friend Lord Grimstone, I put my na...

My Lords, I was about to enthuse about the Government going in the right direction, but the comme...

My Lords, at Questions today the Minister indicated that he was on a mission to educate me—I see ...

My Lords, I am always mindful of and sympathetic to a Minister who starts out with a speech by sa...

My Lords, if it is a parliamentary expression, I may perhaps first say touché to the noble Lord, ...

I shall now put the Question that Amendment 86 be agreed to. As many as are of that opinion will ...

Not content!

I will take advice from the clerk.

We find ourselves in strange circumstances and I find it a little disconcerting. I have asked one...

I wonder whether I could take advice from the Minister on whether to call a Division.

I suggest that, as with all other noble Lords’ amendments, the Government just withdraw it at thi...

Would the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, be happy if we returned to this at a later stage? Does the nob...

I know it is not in order in these proceedings to have points of order from Members, but a soluti...

My Lords, I am listening to the various comments from around the House. I am surprised that the n...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 92. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to ...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

92: After Clause 10, insert the following new Clause—

“Pr...

My Lords, we come to the last group of amendments in Committee. It is my privilege to move Amendm...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, on his presentation. He has second-guessed...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Chidgey, and I have known each other for almost a lifetime, since ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for moving this amendment, which my nobl...

My Lords, we owe the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, a debt of gratitude for bringing this amendment be...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Lansley for his interest in the UK trade preference scheme...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his response to this debate. I am pleased that we hav...