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HANSARD Government PPE ContractsThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will attempt to stay on the right side of that line, and I am sure that you will instruct me should I stray again. On 25 June 2020, just 44 days…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsI shall from now on, Madam Deputy Speaker; thank you. This whole process stinks, and we all know it does. That is why we have to see what this Government know. They deliberately…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsThat is an excellent question, and perhaps it is a question that, had my hon. Friend managed to intervene on him, the Minister would have been far better placed than I to answer.…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. All the good that we could and should be talking about is being lost by this tarnished reputation. He could just as easily have pointed to…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsOne would have hoped that people in glass houses, having thrown the first stone, would have realised that it was not the best idea. Let me put on record that the NHS in Scotland…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsI will give way if the Minister can tell us the exact proportion of PPE produced that did not meet the standard in the UK.06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsI genuinely thank the Minister for that information and I look forward to reading it in Hansard so I can digest it. If I heard correctly, we are now on half a million pounds a day…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Counsellors of State Bill [Lords]I will not detain the House for too long. The Bill is what it is, and it does what it says it will do. It is a pragmatic solution to a problem that has arisen, and it is by and…01 Dec 2022HANSARDCounsellors of State Bill [Lords]I add my voice to those who have thanked everyone who was involved in bringing this Bill quickly and speedily to the Floor of the House, and to everyone who helped get it passed…01 Dec 2022HANSARD Counsellors of State Bill [Lords]Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Modernisation is vital, but the institution must help itself to modernise. This Bill is part of that. We will support the Bill today, and I thank you…01 Dec 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Gary, for our final day of scrutiny of the Bill. The amendment was tabled in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for his response. I also thank the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston for his support. I still do not quite understand why the Government have been so…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 64, to clause 20, page 20, line 13, at end insert— “(1A) A Minister of the Crown may not include in regulations under this Act any provision which is…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)The amendment was tabled in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Glenrothes and takes us back to a recurring theme of this Bill Committee—namely, the incursion by the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)Over the course of today, I will give the Government numerous opportunities to show that they respect the devolution settlement and that they are not intent on usurping powers…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 69, in schedule 3, page 33, line 10, at end insert— “Consent of Scottish Ministers 8A Before making regulations to which this Part of this Schedule…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)Absolutely, Sir Gary. I have no idea what you wish to do after you leave this place, but I am certain it is not that. If the Minster accepts the amendment, that would maybe go…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)It is nice to see the Minister revert to type. Having been regaled for the past two or three days by someone with a slightly more considered approach, it is nice to see that the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 66, in clause 22, page 21, line 39, at end insert— “(aa) section [Impact assessments];”.29 Nov 2022