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HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastBy introducing the emergency measure to increase universal credit by £20 per week, the Chancellor was acknowledging what many people have known for years: universal credit is…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Participation in DebatesThe Leader of the House said that, as key workers, every Member is in the same position. During this pandemic, I have had to drive over 10 hours on several occasions to attend…16 Nov 2020HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Merchant Shipping)As we have already heard, while Northern Ireland will continue to operate ship recycling facilities that can accommodate EU vessels, the other nations of the UK get no such…10 Nov 2020HANSARDDismiss and Re-engage TacticsThe hon. Gentleman is a Minister in government. He has repeatedly called this unacceptable. A number of his colleagues have called out companies such as British Airways that have…10 Nov 2020HANSARDSelf-employed People: Covid-19The Secretary of State continues to duck the question. He has been told for about seven months of those excluded from support—the battered, bruised and brushed off. We are talking…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreMr Taylor’s action should be applauded. He should not be pursued, and we condemn Monaco’s action on this. Failure by the UK to support whistleblowers will send a terrible message…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Live Events and Weddings: Covid-19 SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I pass on my congratulations to the petitioners, and double congratulations to the hon. Member for Carshalton and…09 Nov 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Business Interruption Loan SchemeMy hon. Friend has been making a powerful speech. Does he agree that when businesses across the nations of the UK have not needed public funds, they have returned the money, in…05 Nov 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Business Interruption Loan SchemeIt is always a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) and to hear his pearls of wisdom on this particular subject. It is very…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPublic HealthThe Prime Minister accused us earlier of not being able to take yes for an answer on differentiated furlough for the other nations of the UK. The problem is that we have not heard…04 Nov 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportThe Chancellor of the Exchequer is proving exactly what Tory values are with this dogged determination to return to 1980s levels of unemployment. Switching away from the rhetoric…13 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Prime Minister just said that he wants to put his arms around every worker in the country, but that will sound pretty hollow to those people left alone and abandoned, who have…12 Oct 2020HANSARD CCRC Decision on 44 Post Office ProsecutionsThe Minister says he does not want a statutory inquiry. I think many of those affected will be sceptical about his reasons for that. Hundreds of people have been wrongly sued and…05 Oct 2020HANSARDBusinesses and Covid-19The Government will not provide grants to struggling firms, they are giving a pittance to the self-employed and they are replacing furlough with a scheme that excludes businesses…29 Sept 2020HANSARDBusinesses and Covid-19The Minister says he understands, but it beggars belief that his Government still refuse to support businesses that were vibrant and viable. Workers, freelancers, creatives and…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillOf course, the hon. Member is entirely wrong with his selective quoting. This absolutely underlines why the Tories have not won an election in Scotland since 1959. You have to be…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI want to make some progress. Organisations across Scotland are also deeply concerned about the proposals. NFU Scotland has confirmed the attack on devolution. It said that “it is…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIf this were not so deadly serious, it would be a comedy, such is the hypocrisy from Tory Members. There is good reason why people in Scotland are now looking at independence as…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI will make some progress. In setting out to break international law, the Government are undermining trust, respect and shared values in a very specific but very unlimited way.…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillMy hon. and learned Friend makes a telling point. No, of course the Government have not brought anything forward on that, because this is a Cummings-directed Prime Minister and a…29 Sept 2020