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HANSARDGoods Supply ChainDespite all the Government’s protestations to the contrary, Brexit and the end of freedom of moment are the lead causes of the current driver shortage in the UK. Will the…09 Sept 2021HANSARDLegacy of Jo CoxLike everybody else, I thank the hon. Members for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Neil Coyle) and for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) for bringing this debate forward today.…09 Sept 2021HANSARDGoods Supply Chain3. What discussions he has had with representatives of (a) haulage and (b) other companies involved in the goods supply chain on recent disruptions to the UK’s supply networks.09 Sept 2021HANSARD Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillMy hon. Friend makes a very good point about Companies House and its limitations. Does he share my concern that the UK Government just do not care enough about Companies House and…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyI would be very curious to know why that is. I was going to read out that very quote, because even three former Conservative leaders, including a former Prime Minister and three…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyI have seen a different analysis from the New Economics Foundation; I urge the hon. Gentleman to look at it, because it gives a very different picture from the one that the…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyThe hon. Lady is absolutely correct. The Government have learned nothing from the austerity that caused so much damage with the last crash. They are about to repeat their…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyAbsolutely. It does nothing to resolve either issue, and it makes it all the harder for people who have suffered so hard during the pandemic and been excluded from support to get…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct on that front. These are not our priorities; we already have these services in our own nations.08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyIf Conservative Members will just calm down for a little minute, I will try to bring them in at some point. I want others to get in to make their speeches—gie’s peace. It is not…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyThe hon. Gentleman has done more talking than listening in this place. It would be useful if he sat down. The spending cuts will have an impact on Barnett consequentials. It would…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyIf the hon. Gentleman wants to explain that to his constituents, I would be very glad to hear it.08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyWe already spend more per head on the NHS than is spent in England. We already have better services in Scotland than in England. This policy is an entirely regressive form of…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyMy hon. Friend speaks the absolute truth. There is a huge contrast between what the Government propose and what is already being delivered in Scotland. Some have said, “What’s…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyI will, because we served on the Communities and Local Government Committee together.08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyThe hon. Gentleman should look at the comparative figures in his own constituency. I am not saying for one second, and I would never say, that everything in Scotland is perfect,…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyWill the hon. Gentleman give way?08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyThe hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. For young people who have perhaps struggled through this year, who have graduated and who are going out into the world of work, it is…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyAs the hon. Gentleman well knows and as has been made clear to him in the remarks I made, funding for the NHS is not the issue here; the issue is raising taxes disproportionately…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyDoes the right hon. Gentleman accept that that was 18 years ago and that things have changed? Since that time, national insurance has not been reformed in any way to protect the…08 Sept 2021