My Lords, I was initially concerned about the Statement, in particular the contacts made by the Foreign Secretary over the weekend. It mentioned eight countries, with Iran’s Foreign Minister making it nine, but not India. I was significantly more encouraged by my noble friend’s response to the question asked by...

My Lords, I was initially concerned about the Statement, in particular the contacts made by the Foreign Secretary over the weekend. It mentioned eight countries, with Iran’s Foreign Minister making it nine, but not India. I was significantly more encouraged by my noble friend’s response to the question asked by...

My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The Equivalence Determinations for Financial Services and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/541), includes a power for ministers, for up to twelve months after exit day, to make...

My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The Equivalence Determinations for Financial Services and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/541), includes a power for ministers, for up to twelve months after exit day, to make...

Lords motions to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lords motions to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question. (Debated with Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019).

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question. (Debated with Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019).

My Lords, as this instrument is grouped, with the leave of the House, I shall speak also to the draft Electronic Commerce and Solvency 2 (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

These two instruments are part of the same legislative programme that we have discussed previously in the House to ensure...

My Lords, as this instrument is grouped, with the leave of the House, I shall speak also to the draft Electronic Commerce and Solvency 2 (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

These two instruments are part of the same legislative programme that we have discussed previously in the House to ensure...

I thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their scrutiny and questions on these points. I shall do this in reverse order because I am waiting for a little further inspiration about fintech—it is arriving. The noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, is always assiduous in these matters and drifts...

I thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their scrutiny and questions on these points. I shall do this in reverse order because I am waiting for a little further inspiration about fintech—it is arriving. The noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, is always assiduous in these matters and drifts...

I was just coming to that precise point, because the noble Baroness raises a serious point which is worthy and very important for us to look into further. I undertake to do that and to write to her, to copy in the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, and to place a...

I was just coming to that precise point, because the noble Baroness raises a serious point which is worthy and very important for us to look into further. I undertake to do that and to write to her, to copy in the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, and to place a...

Lords report stage first day. Report received. Government amendments 1 and 2 agreed. Other amendments debated and withdrawn. Government amendment 6 (new clause) agreed. New clauses debated and withdrawn. Amendment 12 agreed to on division (215 to 168). Amendment 13 agreed to on division (207 to 141). Other amendments discussed and withdrawn. Clause 5 under consideration.

Lords report stage first day. Report received. Government amendments 1 and 2 agreed. Other amendments debated and withdrawn. Government amendment 6 (new clause) agreed. New clauses debated and withdrawn. Amendment 12 agreed to on division (215 to 168). Amendment 13 agreed to on division (207 to 141). Other amendments discussed...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh for presenting this amendment and for giving us the opportunity to put on the record further remarks on where we are with regard to legal services. As she reminded us, legal services contribute around £25 billion to the UK economy, with...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh for presenting this amendment and for giving us the opportunity to put on the record further remarks on where we are with regard to legal services. As she reminded us, legal services contribute around £25 billion to the UK economy, with...

I thank the noble Lords, Lord Lansley and Lord Stevenson, for moving the amendment standing in their names and giving us another opportunity to discuss this important area. We are moving to a stage where we can consider how having an independent trade policy could provide opportunities, particularly to the...

I thank the noble Lords, Lord Lansley and Lord Stevenson, for moving the amendment standing in their names and giving us another opportunity to discuss this important area. We are moving to a stage where we can consider how having an independent trade policy could provide opportunities, particularly to the...

I thank my noble friend for moving the amendment. The noble Lord is right: my noble friend has raised, effectively, three issues that need to be examined. One is the level of tariffs. In that regard I will probably disappoint my noble friend by referring back to my noble friend...

I thank my noble friend for moving the amendment. The noble Lord is right: my noble friend has raised, effectively, three issues that need to be examined. One is the level of tariffs. In that regard I will probably disappoint my noble friend by referring back to my noble friend...

My Lords, I am conscious of the time, but I also want to ensure that noble Lords have an opportunity to reflect on the serious issues raised by the noble Lord, Lord Lea. We may deal with them briefly this evening but we did not deal briefly with them when...

My Lords, I am conscious of the time, but I also want to ensure that noble Lords have an opportunity to reflect on the serious issues raised by the noble Lord, Lord Lea. We may deal with them briefly this evening but we did not deal briefly with them when...

My Lords, at this hour, and given the debate, there will probably not be many Members of your Lordships’ House who are carefully weighing the arguments on either side, wanting to know what the Minister is going to say from the Dispatch Box that could just persuade them another way....

My Lords, at this hour, and given the debate, there will probably not be many Members of your Lordships’ House who are carefully weighing the arguments on either side, wanting to know what the Minister is going to say from the Dispatch Box that could just persuade them another way....

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lords motions to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lords motions to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question. (Debated with Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019).

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question. (Debated with Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019).

Lords motions to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lords motions to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question. (Debated with Financial Services (Distance Marketing) (Amendment and Savings Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019).

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question. (Debated with Financial Services (Distance Marketing) (Amendment and Savings Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019).

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question. (Debated with Financial Services (Distance Marketing) (Amendment and Savings Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019).

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question. (Debated with Financial Services (Distance Marketing) (Amendment and Savings Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019).

My Lords, this statutory instrument will fix deficiencies in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and subordinate legislation made under FiSMA, which is an important part of the UK’s regulatory framework for financial services. This instrument has already been debated and approved by the House of Commons.

A key function...

My Lords, this statutory instrument will fix deficiencies in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and subordinate legislation made under FiSMA, which is an important part of the UK’s regulatory framework for financial services. This instrument has already been debated and approved by the House of Commons.

A key function...