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HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Although I will try to be as quick as I can, this Bill fundamentally affects Scotland, and therefore I have a lot to say about it. It is a…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe Minister just told us about an amendment to take into account concerns about the minimum unit pricing aspect, but UK Government Ministers have been telling us for weeks that…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that. Of course, that is where we all should be aiming—a race to the top. That should be the principle that is being set by elected Members in the…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillPerhaps you should ask your hon. and right hon. Friends on your Back Benches who voted against your own Back Benchers’ amendments to protect—22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIndeed—I agree. In fact, Professor Dougan has said: “I do not share UKGov’s apparent assumption that regulatory divergence is inherently problematic and must be strictly…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend. His point that the Good Friday agreement is being put in jeopardy is absolutely spot on. That is why the Government are betting on a Trump…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillYou will notice, Dame Rosie, that it is a very uncommon mistake I have made, in that case. I take the scolding with good grace. Thank you, indeed. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman would…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIt beggars belief that this kind of intervention attacking EU procedures is being made when the Bill will directly give powers not only to the UK Government to overrule…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI do indeed. I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. As I mentioned in my speech last week, the Bill affects every aspect of Scottish public life. These powers radically…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillAs ever, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Rosie. This Cummings-directed Tory UK Government are breaking international law, and they are breaking devolution.…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillNo, I will make some progress on this. That is regardless of the views of the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It does not matter what the devolved Assemblies or…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman discussed the situation in the 1950s and ’60s, and I know that he likes to dwell on that era. I note that he conveniently airbrushed Margaret Thatcher out of…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that it tells a huge story that the Government have voted against those kinds of protection on 10 occasions?22 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is a disgrace that hon. Members are raising that point when in Inverness, the UK Government spent £83 million less than the Scottish Government?…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy hon. Friend is making an extremely important point about Erasmus. In the highlands, we have benefited from the University of the Highlands and Islands, which has only been able…16 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillDame Rosie, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I rise to speak to amendments 28 to 30 in my name and those of my right hon. and hon. Friends. When the Institute…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI beg to move amendment 28, page 20, line 31, leave out “, Scotland”. This amendment would exempt from the operation of Part 4 (independent advice on and monitoring of UK internal…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillExactly; my hon. Friend makes a telling point. To say that the protections are opaque would be an exaggeration, because they are nowhere near as good as that.15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI will make some progress. The UK Government say that they want to “guarantee the continued right of all UK companies to trade unhindered in every part of the UK.” Under this…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThis is the argument that Government Members try to propagate all the time—that if these powers came to Scotland, they would immediately be transferred to unelected people in the…15 Sept 2020