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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateNone of us doubts the grave threat to public health and the difficulty of dealing with it, but there is also now a widespread real threat of poverty, so whether the £60 million is…20 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeThe Minister has acknowledged the issue of the free flow of medicines into this country. Will he respond to the urgent appeal today from the pharmaceuticals industry to find a…19 Oct 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs a Liberal Democrat, who is, coincidentally, also a motorist, can I say that none of us can possibly miss the fact that today is 15 October, the deadline imposed by the Prime…15 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Economic Support PackageIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake). He made some interesting points, although he will not be surprised to hear that I do not agree…14 Oct 2020HANSARDUniversal Basic IncomeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I thank the hon. Member for Inverclyde (Ronnie Cowan) for such an impressive and informative speech about what UBI…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportI am sure the Minister was as concerned as me to hear reports that those people with businesses who take out bounce back loans to help them to follow the Government rules and…13 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdatePrime Minister, we are all disappointed and distressed that we are back where we were in March in many ways. The Prime Minister says that he wants to keep the economy going, but…12 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportWe now have local lockdowns on top of the threat of further national restrictions, warnings daily from various sectors, and the threat of mass unemployment. Many companies are…06 Oct 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI hope you can hear me this time, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank the Chancellor for early sight of his statement, which I cautiously welcome, to the extent that he has listened to…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe Economy[ Inaudible . ]24 Sept 2020HANSARDEU Exit: End of Transition PeriodThe road haulage industry has been talked about a lot, and its workers have kept food on supermarket shelves and medicines in our pharmacies through the recent crisis. The…23 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention SchemeAs the hon. Gentleman possibly knows, the Liberal Democrats agree that the scheme should be kept going. We have specifically looked at June next year as a minimum, which would…17 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention SchemeI congratulate the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) on achieving this debate. It must surely be evident to the Government from the number and variety of…17 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: Government ResponseI thank the hon. Gentleman for updating the House on these issues. I welcome much of the report, but I cannot agree that a judge-led inquiry would not be the best way to achieve…17 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillYes, I agree that there should be collaboration—that is where the Bill does not respect the devolution settlement—but the curious thing about the hon. Lady’s comment is that I…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI remind the hon. Member that I am here because I won an election.16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McDonagh, but part of me feels I should begin with an apology, indeed to everyone in the House, because I wonder if, like me,…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman has just given us a list of projects that he is putting great big flags on the side of and claiming credit for, when actually the Aberdeen bypass was signed off…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIf I were to be told now that the aim of the Bill was to ensure that any money going to Scotland was to be spent in the manner for which it was originally intended, I would take…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillNo, I will not, if the hon. Lady does not mind. We need that option, rather than just having the list given by the hon. Member for Gordon (Richard Thomson) of projects with great…16 Sept 2020