To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of independent MOT testing stations that have closed since 2010; and whether she has had discussions with the DVSA on the potential impact of the Class 4 MOT fee on local testing capacity...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of independent MOT testing stations that have closed since 2010; and whether she has had discussions with the DVSA on the potential impact of the Class 4 MOT fee on local testing capacity...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will make an assessment of the potential of garage and repair networks to offer accessible and affordable MOT and maintenance services for electric vehicles, including battery health testing.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will make an assessment of the potential of garage and repair networks to offer accessible and affordable MOT and maintenance services for electric vehicles, including battery health testing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the NHS sight test fee; and if he will take steps to increase that fee.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the NHS sight test fee; and if he will take steps to increase that fee.

Lords motion to approve. Amendment to regret disagreed to on division (13 to 30). Original motion agreed to on question.

Lords motion to approve. Amendment to regret disagreed to on division (13 to 30). Original motion agreed to on question.

My Lords, this SI is required as part of the implementation of the border target operating

model, which aims to deliver a streamlined approach to imports that protects public, plant and animal health and minimises friction at the border. The instrument uses powers conferred by the Retained EU Law (Revocation...

My Lords, this SI is required as part of the implementation of the border target operating

model, which aims to deliver a streamlined approach to imports that protects public, plant and animal health and minimises friction at the border. The instrument uses powers conferred by the Retained EU Law (Revocation...

Moved by

Baroness Hoey

Moved by

Baroness Hoey

My Lords, the Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations are in my view deeply problematic, because they effectively render for SPS border purposes that Northern Ireland, along with the rest of the world, is a third country in relation to the rest of the United Kingdom. These regulations have for UK citizens...

My Lords, the Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations are in my view deeply problematic, because they effectively render for SPS border purposes that Northern Ireland, along with the rest of the world, is a third country in relation to the rest of the United Kingdom. These regulations have for UK citizens...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing these regulations and explaining them in such detail. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, on tabling the regret amendment, which means that the matter can be debated properly in this Chamber and given the scrutiny that it deserves. Far...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing these regulations and explaining them in such detail. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, on tabling the regret amendment, which means that the matter can be debated properly in this Chamber and given the scrutiny that it deserves. Far...

My Lords, I strongly agree with everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, has said. The whole rationale for the Irish Sea border was that there could not be a hard border in the island of Ireland. It was never that there could be no border, not least because the...

My Lords, I strongly agree with everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, has said. The whole rationale for the Irish Sea border was that there could not be a hard border in the island of Ireland. It was never that there could be no border, not least because the...

My Lords, I will make only a few brief comments. I thank the Minister for bringing forward the legislation in the first place, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, for her amendment. What she says is absolutely right, but the difficulties and problems did not start with these retained EU...

My Lords, I will make only a few brief comments. I thank the Minister for bringing forward the legislation in the first place, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, for her amendment. What she says is absolutely right, but the difficulties and problems did not start with these retained EU...

Like my colleagues, I support the regret amendment put down by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. I preface my remarks by thanking the Minister for the gracious manner in which she has always dealt with concerns expressed by noble Lords, even when those opinions were very different from those of...

Like my colleagues, I support the regret amendment put down by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. I preface my remarks by thanking the Minister for the gracious manner in which she has always dealt with concerns expressed by noble Lords, even when those opinions were very different from those of...

My Lords, as ever, I thank the Minister, as did the noble Lord, Lord McCrea, for her detailed explanation of these regulations, as well as for her tireless work in trying to find solutions to this complex set of issues.

As is now customary in these debates, there are really two...

My Lords, as ever, I thank the Minister, as did the noble Lord, Lord McCrea, for her detailed explanation of these regulations, as well as for her tireless work in trying to find solutions to this complex set of issues.

As is now customary in these debates, there are really two...

My Lords, I too am very grateful to the Minister for setting out the main provisions of the instrument before us this evening, and to the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, for bringing the debate to the Chamber this evening. I also thank all other noble Lords for contributing to a...

My Lords, I too am very grateful to the Minister for setting out the main provisions of the instrument before us this evening, and to the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, for bringing the debate to the Chamber this evening. I also thank all other noble Lords for contributing to a...

My Lords, I start by saying that I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have taken an interest in this instrument and for all contributions. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, for bringing her regret amendment before the House and enabling us to debate it in...

My Lords, I start by saying that I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have taken an interest in this instrument and for all contributions. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, for bringing her regret amendment before the House and enabling us to debate it in...

My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for her usual generous response and the way she has handled all these SIs, where a lot of what is being said is outside her responsibility. We are very grateful as Members from Northern Ireland that she is willing to meet us so...

My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for her usual generous response and the way she has handled all these SIs, where a lot of what is being said is outside her responsibility. We are very grateful as Members from Northern Ireland that she is willing to meet us so...

My Lords, I support this legislation but I accept completely the argument made by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, and the noble Lord,

Lord Dodds, about it throwing a light on the flexibility. I think the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, used “flexibility” four times in her introduction. The flexibility, the...

My Lords, I support this legislation but I accept completely the argument made by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, and the noble Lord,

Lord Dodds, about it throwing a light on the flexibility. I think the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, used “flexibility” four times in her introduction. The flexibility, the...

My Lords, I welcome my noble friend the Minister to the Front Bench, as well as the noble Lord, Lord Caine, on behalf of the Opposition, and the noble Baroness, Lady Suttie, on behalf of the Liberal Democrats. I declare my interest as a member of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny...

My Lords, I welcome my noble friend the Minister to the Front Bench, as well as the noble Lord, Lord Caine, on behalf of the Opposition, and the noble Baroness, Lady Suttie, on behalf of the Liberal Democrats. I declare my interest as a member of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny...

My Lords, I rise to support the regret amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. She has made most of the main points in her remarks and I can only endorse them. It is getting late and it is not right to rerun the bigger arguments about Brexit at...

My Lords, I rise to support the regret amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. She has made most of the main points in her remarks and I can only endorse them. It is getting late and it is not right to rerun the bigger arguments about Brexit at...