Bank Recovery and Resolution and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 Debate

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Department: Department for International Development

Bank Recovery and Resolution and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Lord Fowler Excerpts
Wednesday 19th December 2018

(5 years, 4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Fowler Portrait The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
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To which are you objecting?

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Portrait Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
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I am objecting to them being taken en bloc.

Lord Fowler Portrait The Lord Speaker
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In that case we will take them separately.

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Portrait Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
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My Lords, I was unable to attend the Grand Committee because of business in the House. Will the Minister confirm whether this is one of the many hundreds of statutory instruments needed because of a possible no-deal exit from the European Union, which no one wants and which would be disastrous for this country, and on which many civil servants are spending a great deal of time when they should be doing many other more useful things?