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HANSARD Constitutional LawWhat do he and the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine) have against the Republic of Ireland? It has one Government, which is doing very well and has a budget…21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawWe are awake all right.21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawI will be brief!21 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsTapadh leat, Mr Speaker. Zonal pricing has the potential to lower bills for households from Sussex to Shetland, from Stonehaven to the great town of Stornoway. Of course some…21 May 2024HANSARDNet Zero TargetTapadh, Mr Speaker. There are many criticisms of the Government—I am sure they are aware of them—that they are too slow and indecisive about giving signals to the market for…21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawIs it not a fact that had the recent blood scandal happened only in Scotland, the Scottish Government would not have had the means to do anything that might be asked of them,…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe Minister is generous in giving way, and I appreciate it. Has he spoken to his counterparts in Ireland about what they have done in this area, why they have done it, and what…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy question is similar to that of the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney). I just do not understand why the Government do not get involved with this. From what I have read…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am again grateful to the Minister for giving way, but like the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney), I am still stumped as to why the Government are not the champion of…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillOn such ideological reasons, the Conservative party claims to be the party of Adam Smith, but if we read “The Wealth of Nations”, we see that the behaviour of the rentier class is…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe hon. Gentleman is quite right about the market not working. The point that has been missed hugely by Conservative Members is that a finite number of tickets are going on sale,…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point about the powers given to the CMA, and I wonder whether the Government can increase the ability to finance and give capacity to the CMA to deal…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIt is a great shame that the hon. Lady was not listened to 13 years ago, but I have a feeling that, unfortunately, after the Euros, with a political microscope on this issue, we…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe hon. Lady mentioned Lord Moynihan. For context, it should be remembered that he was a sports Minister in Margaret Thatcher’s Government. If a Thatcher Minister is…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe hon. Lady has touched on the industrial scale of this practice, and we have heard about touts outside venues. Families may be thinking of buying tickets, and committing…21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawWhat are the spending limits on the UK Government? Is it not the case that the UK Government have balanced their books in only 11 years since 1945, and have paid back only about…21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawWill the hon. Member give way?21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawThe hon. Gentleman earlier mentioned the previous Prime Minister and the high interest rates in the sterling zone. Will he apologise for buddying up with the Tories in 2014,…21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawFurther to the point made by the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady) about the shadow Health Secretary pointing out that all roads lead to Westminster, and that the…21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawWill the hon. Gentleman give way again?21 May 2024