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HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI will give way because I like and respect the hon. and learned Lady.07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThere is disagreement about this Bill, of that there is no doubt. But we have debated this matter time and again in this place and in other places, and every time that it has been…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman may disagree with the right of the UK Government to intervene financially on all the areas that have been specified, but he cannot say that this amounts to us…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank the hon. Member for giving way to me for a second time. I simply cannot sit here and listen to him describe this party and this Government’s position on devolution in the…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate and to follow the hon. Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern). There is a distinct sense of déjà vu today. The House of Commons is…07 Dec 2020HANSARDHong Kong: Sentencing of Pro-democracy ActivistsI thank my hon. Friend for all he has said so far today. Does he join me in welcoming the fact that already this year 216,000 BNO passports have been issued to Hong Kong…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillRubbish.07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI am afraid I cannot, because we have not got very much time. This Bill will amount to more money being spent in Scotland. That is a fact. As a result of the Bill, no powers are…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI will not, because I know there are far more people who want to speak. It is not just me who says it is not a power grab. Former SNP deputy leader Jim Sillars said: “Nicola…07 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fifth sitting)I suggest that, in seeking to make the Secretary of State’s life easier, the Opposition are making the life of the Intelligence and Security Committee much more difficult. On…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fifth sitting)I am listening intently to what the hon. Lady is saying and I understand the point she is trying to make, but surely it is already within the power of the ISC to call in anything…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fifth sitting)If it is not the calling in by a Minister, what would trigger the multi-agency investigation into the investment or takeover that has caused the problem in the first place?01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fifth sitting)Is not the entire purpose of calling in a decision to then instigate an investigation into whether that investment would be contrary to national security? It is after the…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Earlier on today, and two days ago, we discussed the link between national security and national interest, and I am sure you would agree with me that attracting inward…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Third sitting)Q Professor Martin, I have been listening with interest—it has been fascinating—especially when you were talking about the need to balance national security, the national interest…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Mr Offenbach, thank you very much. I have a very quick question. You ran through a long list of acquisitions at the beginning of your evidence, most of which I think you would…26 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementOn benefiting the whole country, we have yet to mention Scotland and Scottish produce. I am delighted that under this agreement we will see increased numbers of products that are…25 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementIt would be remiss of us not to speak up for my hon. Friend the Member for Banff and Buchan (David Duguid), who cannot himself speak, but is itching to do so, because, of course,…25 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreementrose —25 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Q I will be brief. Thank you for commenting. It is a real privilege to listen to you and take on board everything you said regarding our naïveté and the intertwining of our two…24 Nov 2020