Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 14 Jan 2019
Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
"I am grateful to the Minister. I have listened to this for about an hour and he keeps using the same arguments. We are going to come to these issues again on the second SI. If I give him some notice, he may be able to think of some better …..."Lord Warner - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 14 Jan 2019
Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
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Written Question
Monday 9th April 2018
Asked by:
Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their contingency plan in the event that the United States Senate does not ratify by treaty a new Nuclear Cooperation Agreement by the end of 2020, following the UK's exit from Euratom.
Answered by Lord Henley
The US has a legal requirement for a nuclear cooperation agreement to be in place before civil nuclear trade with another country can be permitted. For this reason, the Government has prioritised discussions with the US, to ensure that a new bilateral agreement will be in place when Euratom’s agreements no longer apply to the UK. The strong links between US and UK on civil nuclear matters ensure that both parties are keen to progress this agreement to their mutual benefit. Significant progress has been made on the substance of the new agreement and it is on track to be presented to the UK Parliament and US Congress in the course of 2018 for ratification, ensuring that the agreement will be ready well before the end of 2020
Written Question
Monday 9th April 2018
Asked by:
Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Henley on 20 March (HL Deb, col 219) that they will seek a "close association" with Euratom after Brexit, what areas they seek to cover in such an association; whether they have engaged in (1) meetings, and (2) correspondence, with Euratom about such an association; if not, when they will approach Euratom about such an association; and whether they will report on progress on that issue in the regular reports to Parliament provided for in the Nuclear Safeguards Bill.
Answered by Lord Henley
The Government has made clear that its ambition for a close association with the Euratom Community after the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union includes seeking a close association with the Euratom Research and Training Programme, including the Joint European Torus (JET) and the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) projects; continuity of open trade arrangements for nuclear goods and products to ensure that the nuclear industry is able to continue to trade across EU borders without disruption; and close and effective cooperation with Euratom on nuclear safety.
The negotiations on the future relationship between the UK and the EU have not yet begun so no formal meetings have yet taken place on the nature of the future relationship with Euratom. The Government has ensured that the European Commission is aware of the Government’s January Ministerial Statement setting out the UK’s objective of close association on Euratom and what this would cover. This was reinforced in my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s speech at Mansion House on 2 March. The Government will continue to report on progress through its quarterly reports to Parliament, the first of which was made on 26 March.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Mar 2018
Nuclear Safeguards Bill
"My Lords, I strongly support this amendment. I want to focus on the one issue that will cause me to vote for this amendment if my noble friend puts it to a vote. That is the way that the Government have been playing Russian roulette with our energy security by …..."Lord Warner - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Mar 2018
Nuclear Safeguards Bill
"I am sorry to interrupt the Minister as he comes to his peroration. Will he answer the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Hutton, in more detail? Can he give a categorical assurance to this House that there is no risk of Sizewell B closing down as a result …..."Lord Warner - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Mar 2018
Nuclear Safeguards Bill
"My Lords, I support Amendments 7 and 9, and I compliment the Government on Amendment 6. I remind the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, that scientific research, in this area or anywhere else, is now overwhelmingly collaborative. If you do not get in the game collaboratively, you find that some of …..."Lord Warner - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Mar 2018
Nuclear Safeguards Bill
"My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment because, like the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, I remain concerned about the industry’s access to the workforce that it will need once the UK leaves Euratom. I suggest that the free flow of essential specialist staff could well dry up …..."Lord Warner - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Mar 2018
Nuclear Safeguards Bill
"My Lords, I support the amendment, but I do not expect us to go for our hat trick of votes on it. I speak as someone who had the misfortune to inherit the NHS IT system as a responsibility. I also had some experience in the Home Office of IT …..."Lord Warner - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 22 Feb 2018
Nuclear Safeguards Bill
"My Lords, I rise to support this amendment and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, on his drafting skill in producing words that will not inflame the Government or, in particular, the—misnamed—European Research Group and its red lines. The amendment in no way implies that we, the UK, will go …..."Lord Warner - View Speech
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