Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]

My Lords, I begin by declaring my interests, which are very clearly listed on the Lords’ register...

My Lords, we cannot really hear the Minister; could he raise his voice?

Yes, my apologies. Before I begin, I would like to declare my interests, which are very clearly l...

I am most grateful to my noble friend. He explained very well why the Government want to clarify ...

Moved by

Lord Lansley

3: Clause 4, page 3, line 13, leave out “established by use” an...

I hope that I will be equally quick on this amendment, as there are points of more substance and ...

My Lords, I cannot claim any expertise in trademarks or their registration, but I think there is ...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, is right: the Trade Marks Act 1994 at no point uses the w...

Perhaps I might add something before the Minister speaks. Having listened with interest to my nob...

As always, I thank my noble friend Lord Lansley and all contributors to the debate on this amendm...

I am grateful to all who took part in this very short debate, and in particular to the noble and ...

Before the noble Lord sits down, I am unaccustomed to supporting the Minister in these areas, as ...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, and it may indeed satisfy me as long as we do not abolish it any...

Moved by

Lord Johnson of Lainston

4: Clause 4, page 3, line 24, at end insert—

...

My Lords, Amendment 4 is a minor technical amendment that the Government have introduced. I will ...

My Lords, as we have heard, this government Amendment 4 is really a relatively minor and technica...

I thank the noble Lord for that point. I am very comfortable having a more detailed discussion ab...

Moved by

Lord Alton of Liverpool

5: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause—<...

My Lords, I am grateful to your Lordships’ House for giving me the opportunity to address this is...

My Lords, I support this amendment. I should declare a number of matters. One is that I am the di...

My Lords, I received the email from the noble Lord, Lord Alton, trying to persuade me to support ...

My Lords, while I have enormous sympathy with the purpose of the amendment moved by the noble Lor...

My Lords, I am sympathetic to the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Alton. I approach it fr...

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and di...

The noble Lord, Lord Alton, is to be commended for this amendment. I will briefly develop one poi...

My Lords, on the whole I tend to support the idea of having one’s sparring partners join the club...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions and the noble Lord, Lord Alton of Liver...

My Lords, I am grateful for this debate and I have the greatest respect for my noble friend Lord ...

The Minister made an important point, so I will press him on it, as I did during the meeting we h...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, but, if he will allow me, I will continue with my comments on wh...

My Lords, on a point of clarification, the Minister told us that it would be wrong for a country ...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, but it may surprise him to know that we are not yet...

I am very grateful to the Minister, but I am trying to get clarity to see whether we need to divi...

I thank the noble Lord for his comment but I feel he is being slightly unfair to me. I am describ...

My Lords, I apologise for intervening, particularly when I have not taken part in these debates b...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her point. There is no explicit up/down vote built into t...

I am grateful to my noble friend. As a former Leader of the House in the other place and as a mem...

I am very grateful to my noble friend for that comment. He is absolutely right that the Business ...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister and all noble Lords who have taken part in today’s d...

Moved by

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

6: After Clause 5, insert the fol...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 6, I wish also to speak to Amendment 12 in this group. Amendment 6 ...

My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group. I happily added my name to Amendment 11, bu...

My Lords, I am delighted to speak to Amendment 10 in my name, which is in similar terms to the am...

I rise to speak to the proposed new clause “Review: forest risk commodities”, which is in my name...

My Lords, I first declare my interests. I will come to some notes about Amendment 11, so ably spo...

My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of Peers for the Planet and wish to simply record my sup...

Taking back control.

Indeed. In July 2023, the UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David Boyd, ...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 12 tabled by my noble friend Lady Willis. I also very much...

My Lords, this group is the meat of Report. We have eight amendments in this group, and many have...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this debate, particularly the noble Lo...

I rise to intervene, but I have been caught by the House with a nut in my mouth, which is terribl...

I thank my noble friend for his comments.

I turn to Amendment 12 on pesticides, which have ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, which has allowed us to loo...

Moved by

Lord Foster of Bath

7: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on his tour de force in responding to the large number of a...

My Lords, I rise briefly in support of Amendments 7 and 8 from the noble Lord, Lord Foster. I wil...

My Lords, I am speaking to Amendments 7 and 8, and I thank all noble Lords for their contribution...

I am extremely grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Foster, for bringing this amendment, for the disc...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who took part in the debate, and of course to the Mini...

Moved by

Baroness Lawlor

15: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause—

“...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for discussing my Amendments 15 and 16 wi...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Lawlor, and the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, on th...

My Lords, I too thank the noble Baroness, Lady Lawlor, and congratulate her on bringing these mat...

I am extremely grateful to my noble friends Lady Lawlor and Lord Jackson for Amendments 15 and 16...

I am very grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his constructive approach to our discussio...