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HANSARDSMEs: Energy Price CapI have been inundated with calls from businesses, because those prices are not capped and they have soaring, runaway fuel costs. The latest was from Toryglen Community Base, whose…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (First sitting)Q Leading on from that question, we are putting a lot of provisions in the legislation. Is the legislation sufficient to keep pace with those technological changes? Arianna…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Second sitting)Q I will pick up on a couple of the recommendations from the “The UK’s kleptocracy problem” report. You were calling for the investigation of and penalties for those who submit…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to ask about Scottish limited partnerships, the implication being that they are used in sanctions-busting and various other things to do with the war in Ukraine and…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Second sitting)Q And Scottish limited companies have been used for various— Oliver Bullough: I did an investigation a while ago and there was a woman who was a director of four companies, I…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Second sitting)Q May I ask about the issues with the register as it exists? There are lots of things on it that are inaccurate, deliberately false or involving the misuse of people’s personal…25 Oct 2022HANSARDOut-of-Turn Supplementary Estimates 2022-23I appreciate the points that the Minister is making about contracts for difference, but does he not agree that the grid charging regime penalises generators of offshore and…24 Oct 2022HANSARDOut-of-Turn Supplementary Estimates 2022-23It is odd to be agreeing on the spending of such phenomenal amounts of money in a near-empty Chamber. It would perhaps be sensible for the House to scrutinise such matters…24 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Support for Young Peoplerose —18 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Support for Young PeopleCan the Minister explain why people of a younger age are not worth the same as someone older?18 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Support for Young PeopleIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Ali. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Leeds North East (Fabian Hamilton) for introducing this important debate. When we talk about…18 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillMy hon. Friend is making a good case. He may be aware of the project in Niddrie Road, Govanhill, where a tenement block is being retrofitted to the Passivhaus standard with…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateThank you, Mr Speaker— [ Interruption. ] I see that the Prime Minister has urgently run off to something else rather than stay to listen. When the previous Chancellor came to give…17 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the Minister for his explanation. To be clear, is the verification scheme through the existing UK Government Verify, which is used for passports and driving licences, or…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am glad to follow the right hon. Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds), whom I believe was the Minister who said he was not happy with the progress that had been made on…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI understand the Minister’s point, but it seems incongruous that while Government Departments make people pay through the nose in the visa system, for example, where they pay way…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI absolutely agree and share my hon. Friend’s concerns. Graham Barrow does great work on Twitter and in other places to highlight such scenarios. Whether or not that person…13 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationThe Minister talks about the IMF, but not about its criticism yesterday or the pathetic growth it has projected for next year of just 0.3%—funny that. The Treasury Committee took…12 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of LivingAccording to Joseph Rowntree Foundation figures, 15,378 people in Glasgow Central receive means-tested benefits such as universal credit, and many of them will be working in…12 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of Living11. What recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Scottish Government on the cost of living crisis in Scotland.12 Oct 2022