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HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I do not really agree with the point the hon. Gentleman makes. That probably will not surprise him. The difficulty with all of this is that the UK has never really known what it…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)What the hon. Gentleman is missing is that we have a different definition of nation, and our interpretation of Scotland’s national interest is quite different from the UK’s…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)The hon. Gentleman is making an interesting point about working cross-party. We entered into this in the spirit of cross-party working. The Scottish Government put forward…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)Does making better laws not start with letting MPs see a Bill before it exists?08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)Devolution. If the Minister was paying attention, I said devolution has been sold down the river—08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)But devolution has been fundamentally undermined—perhaps the right hon. Gentleman will like that phrasing better. Devolution has been fundamentally undermined by the actions of…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)It is very difficult to understand anything that the Prime Minister says because he swivels around on just about everything that he has ever said. He had two positions on whether…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Perhaps I should send the Minister my copy-and-paste job from earlier and that would help him out. But this really matters. The right hon.…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)The hon. Gentleman says sovereignty. I am not sure he really understands that either. The UK Government have not known what they wanted from this situation from the start. I…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I would prefer it if the Government would listen to the concerns of west coast fisheries in Scotland that do not want their fish to die and rot in lorries at Dover because the…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)It is a pleasure, I guess, to follow the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash). He was talking about 1688; I think we travelled there in real time, but I thank him very much…08 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Twelfth sitting)The hon. Lady is making a very good point. Is she aware that the Young Women’s Trust has suggested that 1.5 million young women have lost income during the pandemic?03 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Eleventh sitting)I rise to support the new clause. It is typical of the eagle-eyed way that the right hon. Gentleman has approached this Bill that he found this particular loophole. I am not sure…03 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Eleventh sitting)I very much support what the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East says. It is important that we look at this in the round, and particularly at the newer technologies…03 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Twelfth sitting)Further to that point of order, Dr Huq, I thank you for your time in the Chair, and Philip Davies as well. I want to thank colleagues for their contributions, the Clerks for all…03 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.03 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am not going to withdraw it. The Minister has an absolute cheek, and he knows it. We were working on the bank for quite some time, and it has opened its doors and is already…03 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am happy to do so. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the clause. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 35 Money laundering and overseas trustees: review “(1) The Treasury must,…03 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am very pleased to follow the hon. Member for Walthamstow, because she has been a force of nature on this issue, and I do not disagree with a single word she has said about…03 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move, That the Clause be read a Second time. New clause 29 would require a review of the impact of providing the Scottish Government with powers to allow the Scottish…03 Dec 2020