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HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillObviously we welcome some sort of concession on common frameworks, but the Minister said yesterday that enshrining common frameworks in the Bill would create uncertainty for…16 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThe Minister spoke about certainty for business. Can he give an example of something that he thinks would fall in these exclusions that would cause widespread panic in businesses…15 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThe Lords have tried to improve the Bill, but it has been subject to only minor improvements. I wish that, during ping-pong, the Lords had done double insistence and brought down…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. Clearly, we welcome any sensible proposals for the transition to net zero and value for consumers, and we will…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateContact tracing in Scotland has led the public health professionals to achieve contact rates of up to 95%. Down here, as we know, the job is handed out to privatised companies…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Future of the Coach IndustryIt is clear from the contributions so far that the hon. Members here feel that the UK Government have to date not really understood the importance of the coach industry to the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy caseworker’s husband, Alan, is a self-employed mortgage adviser, and applied for a mortgage holiday. Nationwide, their lender, confirmed that it would not affect their credit…10 Dec 2020HANSARD Future of the Coach IndustryAs the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Emma Hardy) said in her intervention, the furlough scheme and the business rate relief are welcome, but the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillWe all know the Prime Minister does not believe in devolution, and neither does the Leader of the House, who made more derogatory comments about it this morning. In fact, over the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIf the desire is to work collaboratively, why on earth are the Government rejecting these amendments, which simply ask for consent from the devolved Administrations? That would be…10 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)The right hon. Gentleman referred to the levelling-up agenda. On rough figures, we have had 50 years of the EU, 20 years of devolution and over 300 years of the Union. Why are…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee heard evidence this morning that the IT systems and processing procedures to allow the Northern Ireland protocol to be…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)Despite the valiant efforts of the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake), is it not the case that if the EU was not so patient, we would already have suffered a…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)Earlier, the hon. Gentleman tried to do the whole “oven-ready deal was to do with the withdrawal agreement”, which we know is a fudge. If this is so complicated, as he highlights…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I notice the Minister said private aviation. Is the Treasury going to look at hydrocarbon fuel duty overall? Kerosene is zero duty rated, which is ridiculous, when motorists pay…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)The details of the Bill have not been made clear, so I am not sure how it provides the certainty that the hon. Member is talking about.08 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is good that the Minister recognises the importance of common frameworks. All four nations of the United Kingdom have agreed a common framework on an emissions trading system,…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodThe Government spend goodness knows how much money on radio adverts and newspaper adverts telling businesses to be ready for 1 January. A business in my constituency—a nursery…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the Minister give way?07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillYet again we have been reliant on the Lords to try to remedy matters in this Bill, which from the outset has shown a complete disregard both for the rule of law and for…07 Dec 2020