My Lords, I am extremely grateful to both the noble Lord, Lord Dykes, and to the Minister for addressing this issue and responding to my Motion in a very detailed way. I accept what the Minister says in his assurance that the Commission’s powers—which are new powers, although of a...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to both the noble Lord, Lord Dykes, and to the Minister for addressing this issue and responding to my Motion in a very detailed way. I accept what the Minister says in his assurance that the Commission’s powers—which are new powers, although of a...

My Lords, we on these Benches express gratitude to the Merits Committee for bringing this to the attention of this House and the other place, and also to the noble Lord, Lord Howell of Guildford, for raising it in the debate today. It is an important point. I, too, thank...

My Lords, we on these Benches express gratitude to the Merits Committee for bringing this to the attention of this House and the other place, and also to the noble Lord, Lord Howell of Guildford, for raising it in the debate today. It is an important point. I, too, thank...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Howell, for his comments. I think we all share his concern that EU legislation should be subjected to proper scrutiny and that this House and the other place should have the opportunity properly to scrutinise both EU measures and the domestic legislation...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Howell, for his comments. I think we all share his concern that EU legislation should be subjected to proper scrutiny and that this House and the other place should have the opportunity properly to scrutinise both EU measures and the domestic legislation...

I thank the Minister for giving way. I have two corrections. One is on his part: it is Dykes, not Sykes. The other is on mine: I meant to say 43 years of occupation.

I thank the Minister for giving way. I have two corrections. One is on his part: it is Dykes, not Sykes. The other is on mine: I meant to say 43 years of occupation.

To move to resolve that this House regrets that Her Majesty’s Government have laid before Parliament the Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2010 (SI 2010/144) without explaining to Parliament how it would be implemented; and calls on the Government to explain why they consider the European Commission to be the...

To move to resolve that this House regrets that Her Majesty’s Government have laid before Parliament the Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2010 (SI 2010/144) without explaining to Parliament how it would be implemented; and calls on the Government to explain why they consider the European Commission to be the...

I thought that I did say that; please accept my apologies. We need to join with our European partners on this. The threat can be more effectively tackled at a European Union, rather than at a national level, by ensuring that there are uniform measures binding on all member states....

I thought that I did say that; please accept my apologies. We need to join with our European partners on this. The threat can be more effectively tackled at a European Union, rather than at a national level, by ensuring that there are uniform measures binding on all member states....

My Lords, it is appropriate that this debate, which I hope will be very short, should come straight after the important resolutions that have just been moved by the Leader of the House—which may or may not be considered tough enough and radical enough—that govern European Union scrutiny reserve and...

My Lords, it is appropriate that this debate, which I hope will be very short, should come straight after the important resolutions that have just been moved by the Leader of the House—which may or may not be considered tough enough and radical enough—that govern European Union scrutiny reserve and...

Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2010. Lords debate on a motion to resolve that this House regrets that Her Majesty's Government have laid before Parliament the Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2010 (SI 2010/144) without explaining to Parliament how it would be implemented; and calls on the Government to explain why they consider the European Commission to be the appropriate institution for exercising this United Kingdom policy most effectively. Motion withdrawn.

Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2010. Lords debate on a motion to resolve that this House regrets that Her Majesty's Government have laid before Parliament the Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2010 (SI 2010/144) without explaining to Parliament how it would be implemented; and calls on the Government to explain...

SI 2010/144. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Coming into force 29 January 2010.

SI 2010/144. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Coming into force 29 January 2010.