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HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [Lords]Let me start by agreeing entirely with what was said by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith); he has argued forcefully that we…08 Sept 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend is right on several counts, and I will elaborate on the unfairness in a second, but he is right also to highlight something else, which is that international…08 Sept 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend is exactly right. Interestingly, in their case human rights were not used as a defence mechanism, whereas in another case the only thing that stopped Gary…08 Sept 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend is exactly right, and I was one of those, although at that time I was not allowed to say so. It was not the first time I have been overruled by my boss, and…08 Sept 2020HANSARD Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]Apart from diluting the number of lawyers here for my hon. Friend’s comfort—02 Sept 2020HANSARD Proceedings During the Pandemic (No. 4)I am going to disappoint the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady) by breaking the consensus. It is a paradox that one of the great champions of Back-Bench rights, my…02 Sept 2020HANSARD Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]I am the client of the House today. The hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry) made the very important point that these prospective pieces of…02 Sept 2020HANSARD Proceedings During the Pandemic (No. 4)I will come back to participating virtually. I do not disagree that people should be able to participate virtually, but we have the worst of all worlds. At the moment, we have a…02 Sept 2020HANSARD Proceedings During the Pandemic (No. 4)I do not think for a moment that we should do away with the ability of vulnerable Members to take part remotely, be it through voting or taking part in debate—it is too soon for…02 Sept 2020HANSARD Finance BillThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I shall move on to the other issue that I want to discuss today. Amendment 20 would delay the imposition of the IR35 rules from 2021 until April…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillIf my hon. Friend thinks that this is the precedent, he should go back to the Finance Act 2008, which gives HMRC a 20-year assessment period in which it can assess whether the…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillYes, it is on the statute book. The precedent is there.01 Jul 2020HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Later today, we are considering the remaining stages of the Finance Bill. Historically, before the first proceedings on the Finance…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillI rise to speak to the amendments and new clauses tabled in my name and the names of other Members of this House. They include new clause 31 and the consequential amendments…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillThe right hon. Gentleman makes a good point, but he should make it to the Speaker rather than me, as he well knows. He has been a Member nearly as long as I have.01 Jul 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillThe hon. Gentleman is right: any stay is damaging. If someone was psychologically damaged before they arrived, it is even more damaging. If they do not know how long they will be…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy hon. Friend pre-empts the point that I am about to come to. A few are villains, and I would be the first to concede that, along with him. Predictably, as the Home Office always…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy right hon. Friend makes a good point, to which I will return in a moment because it impinges on another claim made by the Home Office that is plainly not true. We have…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI will speak to new clauses 7 to 10, but before I do, may I add my support to new clauses 2 and 29 in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy hon. Friend and I have fought together in other battles, not least Brexit, with one thing being that we viewed Britain as rather distinctive. Does he, as I do, see it as…30 Jun 2020