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HANSARDFinancial 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 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionI am deeply concerned by the situation facing Debenhams, which is a key part of Glasgow city centre, as well as the stores operated by Arcadia. My thoughts are with the staff, and…02 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 36, in clause 33, page 39, line 30, at end insert— “(c) the successor account must bear, in each financial year, at least the same level of bonus as the…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Tenth sitting)Looking at the clause, we feel that it is important to protect customers who may have put money into help to save accounts but do not necessarily follow all the things that come…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Tenth sitting)I will press amendment 37 to a Division, but I beg to ask leave to withdraw amendment 36. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment proposed : 37, in clause 33, page 39, line 30,…01 Dec 2020HANSARD HIV CommissionThe Secretary of State is talking about the excellent progress that has been made, and I acknowledge that that is true, but one area where there is still significant difficulty is…01 Dec 2020HANSARD HIV CommissionI thank the hon. Gentleman very much for giving way. Does he commend the efforts of community groups who are going out and selling that message to their own communities? Those who…01 Dec 2020HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. This one relates to the answer given by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and the accuracy of his answers. Is it in order for Ministers not…01 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, Scotland’s First Minister announced her intention to award a £500 thank you payment to Scottish health and social care staff in recognition of all they have done…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Ninth sitting)I want to come in briefly, on the back of what the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East has said. What analysis have the Government done on whether the increase will be…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Tenth sitting)I rise to support new clause 25, which appears in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen South. I also want to speak in favour of new clause 12, because what…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Tenth sitting)Does the hon. Lady agree with me that there is a big problem around catalogues and debt for basics such as school clothes, trainers and jackets? People are building up debt for…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Tenth sitting)We should recognise the professionalism, expertise and qualifications of those giving debt advice to our constituents, and not try to put a provision in the Bill that prejudges…01 Dec 2020HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I hope that you will indulge me, because I have two points of order on two separate questions. My apologies in advance for that. First, further to…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Ninth sitting)New clauses 30 and 35 are the result of long-standing concerns that I and my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen South have about money laundering in the UK. That was accentuated…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Tenth sitting)I still have a wee bit of hesitation about how the Government intend to communicate with people. If the Minister wants to write to me with a wee bit more reassurance about that, I…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Tenth sitting)Specifically on the point about engaging with academics and people who understand how best to do this, I would gently say that it is not necessarily the academics that the…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Tenth sitting)The hon. Member makes an excellent point. In my constituency some years ago, a survey was carried out on how people felt in local communities about the pressure on them to have…01 Dec 2020HANSARDIneligibility for Covid-19 Financial SupportI would never accuse the Chancellor of misleading the House, but he certainly seems to have misled “Good Morning Britain” when he told viewers that he had spoken to, and been back…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Ninth sitting)What is the interaction between that register and the Companies House register? If we removed an inactive business from one register, it would make sense to remove it from the…01 Dec 2020