Part of Trade Bill - Commons Reasons and Amendments – in the House of Lords at 4:01 pm on 23 February 2021.
Moved by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
That this House do not insist on its Amendment 6B, to which the Commons have disagreed, and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 6C, 6D and 6E in lieu.
6C: Page 2, line 23, at end insert—“(4A) If regulations under subsection (1) contain provision about healthcare services, the provision must be consistent with maintaining UK publicly- funded clinical healthcare services.(4B) If regulations under subsection (1) contain provision in any of the areas listed in subsection (4C), the provision must be consistent with maintaining UK levels of statutory protection in that area.(4C) The areas referred to in subsection (4B) are—(a) the protection of human, animal or plant life or health;(b) animal welfare;(c) environmental protection;(d) employment and labour;(e) data protection;(f) the protection of children and vulnerable adults online.”
6D: Page 2, line 41, at end insert— “(9) In this section—“UK publicly-funded clinical healthcare services” means publicly- funded clinical healthcare services provided in the United Kingdom, or in the part of the United Kingdom in which the regulations have effect, on the date on which a draft of the regulations is laid;“UK levels of statutory protection” means levels of protection provided by or under—(a) primary legislation,(b) subordinate legislation, or(c) retained direct EU legislation,which has effect in the United Kingdom, or in the part of the United Kingdom in which the regulations have effect, on the date on which a draft of the regulations is laid.”
6E: Page 3, line 40, at end insert— “(2A) In this Part a reference to a draft of regulations being laid is a reference to a draft of the regulations, or a draft of the instrument containing the regulations, being laid before—(a) each House of Parliament, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(1) or 5 of Schedule 2 applies;(b) the Scottish Parliament, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 2 applies;(c) Senedd Cymru, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 2 applies;(d) the Northern Ireland Assembly, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 2 applies.”