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European Union (Amendment) Bill

The noble Lord should not look at me. What happened—as I shall explain to the noble Lord if he sits down—is that, when the amendments were called by the Chairman of Committees, the words ““not moved”” were said on the Front Bench opposite. At that point it was absolutely in order for the noble Lord, Lord Pearson, to leap to his feet and seek to move them. He did not do so. I was merely saying, by way of explanation, where I thought that we had got to. It was not a case of discussions going on; it was simply a case of where we had got to. The noble Lord can, of course, retable the amendments on Report. But that is what happened. I am merely giving him a factual explanation, nothing more.