My noble friend has referred very well to all the issues relating to the definition of a qualifying performance, but my amendment relates narrowly and specifically not to subsection (2) but to subsection (3). It concerns the question of a qualifying country not simply in relation to the CPTPP and takes a power to make Orders in Council to extend the definition of “qualifying country” in future—not just to CPTPP countries but, potentially, beyond. My noble friend says that the Secretary of State can publish a draft and then consult on it. They can do that, but there is nothing in the legislation to say that they should. I would like to be sure. If my noble friend is saying that such a consultation must take place, I am not sure where it is clear that it must.
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Lansley
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 7 December 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL].
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