Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Debate
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
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Lord O'Shaughnessy
There is a schedule, which is set out in the Act, and we have good debates, as we did on these regulations. It is about making sure that we do everything that a responsible Government should do. If the noble Lord was in this position, would he be doing anything different? Of course he would not.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD)
Many of us now doubt that it is possible to get through the mass of legislation, including subordinate legislation, required for an orderly Brexit between when we return in January and the end of March. We fear that the Government will attempt to push it through by one emergency procedure or another. This will not be an emergency; it will be the result of the constant postponement of decisions by Her Majesty’s Government. The only way out seems to be for the Government to ask for a postponement or extension of the Article 50 procedure.