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Proceeding contribution from Lord Purvis of Tweed (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 30 January 2019. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Trade Bill.

Trade Bill

The Minister might be able to help me. Clause 6(1), as introduced into this House, states:

“It shall be the objective of an appropriate authority to take all necessary steps to implement an international trade agreement, which enables the UK to fully participate after exit day in the European medicines regulatory network partnership”.

Why does that not bind the Government’s hands and restrict their freedom, when the Minister says that exactly the same language used in this amendment seems to bind the hands of the Government? Either

the Government will seek to change the language in Clause 6 or they should have no problem with the language in these amendments.

4.45 pm

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
795 cc2019-1067 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Agriculture Certification Borders Human rights Inspections Energy Electricity generation Exemptions Import duties Imports Northern Ireland Manufacturing industries Natural gas Parliamentary scrutiny Monitoring Origin marking Negotiations Republic of Ireland Regulation Select committees Trade agreements Quotas Agricultural products Free trade UK trade with EU Impact assessments Brexit
Legislation
Trade Bill 2017-19
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on hansard.parliament.uk