United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 149. It will not surprise the House to learn that I am very g...

My Lords, I have two amendments in this group. I also support the amendment just explained by the...

My Lords, I will be very brief, as the noble Baronesses, Lady McIntosh and Lady Bowles, have expl...

My Lords, I was glad to see Amendment 149. It is always good to be clear about legal privilege to...

My Lords, I am very pleased to support these amendments, the first in the name of the noble Baron...

My Lords, I support Amendments 150 and 156, and indeed broadly support Amendment 149. My noble fr...

My Lords, this debate has raised some interesting and important issues. I have listened with care...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. The noble Lord, Lord Fox, r...

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

I much appreciate the Minister’s answer. The questions I asked about university tuition fees were...

I thought that I had put the matter to rest by writing the letter to the noble Lord, Lord Purvis,...

The noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, and the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, also wish to speak af...

I asked the Minister a specific question on whether the framing of Clauses 38 to 40 was exactly t...

I would be happy to write to the noble Lord but, as I said, the powers to date have functioned ef...

I have another couple of points for clarification by my noble friend. First, does legal privilege...

On my noble friend’s first question, she will notice that Clause 38(8) states:

“A notice un...

I thank everyone who has contributed, including my noble friend the Minister in summing up the de...

We now come to the group beginning with the question that Clause 38 stand part of the Bill. I rem...

My Lords, the previous group has already set the scene on Clause 38, where I propose some changes...

I am assuming that the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, has scratched from this group, so I call the nobl...

Some very interesting points have just been made that bear serious consideration, and the concern...

My Lords, this Committee is nearing its end, apart from Part 5. I support the noble Baroness, Lad...

My Lords, once again this has been a short but important debate. I congratulate noble Lords on sp...

My Lords—

Oh!

May I not respond? What a shame.

Perhaps the noble Lord can put his point in writing, or speak after the Minister if it is a quest...

My Lords, this debate is perhaps even more important than some of the others that we have had. Th...

I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. I apologise to the noble Baroness, La...

I have had a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Fox.

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his answer. I have two questions. First, does the Minister und...

With regard to the noble Lord’s first question, I understand why his cleaning abilities might not...

I have had a request to speak from the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe.

I thank my noble friend for his assurance on commencement. He did not answer my specific question...

I referred in my earlier speech to the need to make regulations setting the maximum penalty, whic...

Does the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, wish to respond to any of the points made?

Yes. My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate; I think that it will be ev...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 153. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

153: After Clause 40, insert the following n...

My Lords, before I speak to the amendment, I will slightly cheekily ask something about the previ...

My Lords, the idea behind this new clause has validity, and particularly will after the pandemic,...

I rise to speak to Amendment 153 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter. This is a new cl...

My Lords, I support the new clause in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter of Kentish Town...

My Lords, at the outset I should say that, because of my past but discontinued interests, I will ...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, for her amendment. I understand her concerns but, as I a...

Will that be soon?

It is forthcoming. Noble Lords will know that I cannot go further in terms of dates. It was flagg...

The Minister is very polite. What he really wanted to say to me was: “Nice try”. There is a serio...