Trade Bill

Debate between Lord Garnier and Lord Purvis of Tweed

Report: 1st sitting: House of Lords
Wednesday 6th March 2019 Lords Chamber

[Lord Garnier (Con)]

What else does the noble Lord have in mind in proposed new subsection (5B) when he uses the expression,

“but are not limited to”?

[Lord Purvis of Tweed]

As the noble Lord will know, we have engaged in a number of legislative standards across all the different aspects of the British economy. If they are not captured in proposed new paragraphs (a) to (g), which we believe to be comprehensive, and if there are some elements of the economy where legislative standards currently exist and we would consider them to be of equal status, there is a requirement for them to be protected. That is why these are baseline standards. If areas are excluded, they will be captured by “not limited to”. The list of standards is not necessarily designed to be open-ended; these are meant to be the existing legislative standards that are already on the statute book that we wish not to be impacted by any of the regulations that could be made through this legislation.