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HANSARDNo-deal EU Exit PreparationsI found it interesting that my hon. Friend was barracked by Opposition Members for pointing out how strong our country’s economy was. I would have thought they would be proud of…20 Mar 2019HANSARDNo-deal EU Exit PreparationsThank you, Mr Speaker; I apologise to my hon. Friend. The Government have undertaken significant action to prepare for a potential no-deal scenario. We have published 450 pieces…20 Mar 2019HANSARDNo-deal EU Exit PreparationsI thank my hon. Friend for his urgent question and congratulate him on securing your approval for it, Mr Speaker. The Government have always been clear that leaving the European…20 Mar 2019HANSARDNo-deal EU Exit PreparationsIt’s a UQ!20 Mar 2019HANSARD Draft Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) Regulations 2019indicated assent .18 Mar 2019HANSARD Draft Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship,…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Draft Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the various members of the Committee and the shadow spokesman for their points, questions and contributions. I attempted in my opening speech to be relatively brief.…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Draft Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I will happily go on to those cases. They are three basic tax cases: C-182/19, brought by Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, concerning the tax classification of certain therapeutic…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Draft Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I can absolutely give my hon. Friend that assurance. Returning to why the regulations do not go further, the statutory instrument could not act in contradiction to the explicit…18 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionI thank my right hon. Friend for allowing me to intervene at this unusually early stage; I know that he was just coming to the point that, back on 19 December, the Commission…11 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionThis is the first time I have served under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie, and I have been looking forward to it. I hope I do not get into as much trouble as the hon. Member for…11 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. He will know that the multi-annual financial framework, from which that fund comes, finishes in a couple of years, so more certainty…28 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness CommunityI am glad that the hon. Gentleman, my friend, knows his place. If only he could keep his wife’s pegs in the Members’ Cloakroom as tidy as he keeps his own, all would be well in…28 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness CommunityI gently remind the hon. Gentleman that his constituency is one of the few that voted in greater numbers to leave the European Union than mine did. People took in a whole bunch of…28 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness CommunityAnd at the same time, business investment in the UK stood at almost £47 billion in quarter 3 of 2018, which is an increase of 30% on quarter 1 of 2010. The World Bank considers…28 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness CommunityI should have what he had for breakfast more often, Mr Speaker. Unlike the hon. Gentleman, however, I am pretty aware of what my constituents voted for back in June 2016. I am…28 Feb 2019HANSARDInvestment and the UK EconomyThe Secretary of State has regular conversations with Cabinet colleagues on all aspects of our EU exit. The UK remains a great place to do business. Only yesterday, INEOS…28 Feb 2019HANSARDInvestment and the UK EconomyI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I think he can probably guess part of the answer: the best way to do those things that he wants is to vote for the deal. May I gently…28 Feb 2019HANSARDInvestment and the UK EconomyI thank my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour for his question, and I can confirm that. I can also confirm that the economy has grown continuously for the past nine years and…28 Feb 2019HANSARDEU Exit: No dealI might have misheard the hon. Gentleman, but may I gently remind him that the Scottish people voted to stay within the United Kingdom?28 Feb 2019