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HANSARDDraft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is right. As my hon. Friend points out, these regulations relate to the self-employed or those running small firms, who do not have legal protections. That relates to the…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is a slightly different point to the one we are discussing. We need to look at the detail. I am not sure whether that intervention was part of the hon. Gentleman’s pitch to…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I will accept the hon. Gentleman’s comment from a sedentary position; does anybody want to go higher? The reality is that we do not have the information we need in order to make…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I absolutely agree. My hon. Friend is right to mention the lack of impact assessment or analysis of the proposed deal, which we are being asked to consider without being able to…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is an even greater pleasure than usual, Mr Hanson, to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate you on becoming a grandad for the first time and I hope we will not detain…21 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment Plan for Net Zero EmissionsIn the Liverpool city region, the combined authority and the Mayor, Steve Rotherham, are doing exactly what is needed to take people with us to hit that net zero carbon target.…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingA constituent of mine raised the case of her father who had been assessed by the health service as needing 24-hour, one-to-one support. That was withdrawn when he went into a care…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanThere was nothing in the announcement about Southport and Formby District General Hospital, which desperately needs a new walk-in centre to relieve the pressure on the accident…30 Sept 2019HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the PoundA number of hedge funds expect to benefit as a result of their short positions on a number of sectors in the economy, including construction and shopping centres. It cannot be…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookThose of my constituents who have lost their jobs tell me that the airline was indeed profitable, so why did the Government not intervene to ensure that the airline and any other…25 Sept 2019HANSARDDraft Statutory Auditors, Third Country Auditors and International Accounting Standards (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma, and to make the most of this limited opportunity to sit in Parliament. Before I go into the SI, I could not help…09 Sept 2019HANSARDDraft Statutory Auditors, Third Country Auditors and International Accounting Standards (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Thank you, Mr Sharma. Now, to the matter at hand. We are faced with regulations and, as ever, the Minister did her best to make them appear to be a matter of minor change, but the…09 Sept 2019HANSARDDraft Statutory Auditors, Third Country Auditors and International Accounting Standards (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Thank you for taking that point on board, Mr Sharma. I realise it was not a decision you could adjudicate on, but it is an important point because this is yet another example of…09 Sept 2019HANSARDDraft Statutory Auditors, Third Country Auditors and International Accounting Standards (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Well, the Minister mentioned the ministerial power of direction; I am not sure that she spoke about just how far reaching the changes are. The Lords Committee expressed its…09 Sept 2019HANSARDDraft Statutory Auditors, Third Country Auditors and International Accounting Standards (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is interesting, because I have a briefing note from the ICAEW here. It raises concerns, which I went through earlier, about regulation 4, on the loss of EEA subsidiary…09 Sept 2019HANSARDUK Trade and Investment StrategyYour mind goes blank.23 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Trade and Investment StrategyI am glad that the Minister mentioned numbers and outcomes. Let us look at some. Jobs saved through investment fell, from 2016 when they were 28,000, to just 6,000 in 2019. That…23 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Trade and Investment StrategyWas it only once? It felt like so much more—I cannot think why. The hon. Lady called for the merger of the Department for International Trade and DExEU. I wonder where the…23 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Trade and Investment StrategyIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hornchurch and Upminster (Julia Lopez) on her thorough speech. In her stout…23 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Trade and Investment StrategyWhat, by 80%?23 Jul 2019