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HANSARD Covid-19There was one major omission from the Prime Minister’s statement: an apology. Will he now apologise for his Government’s gross incompetence over testing, tracing and clear…22 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsResearch by the Disabled Children’s Partnership shows that three quarters of families with disabled children had their care support stopped during lockdown. The Coronavirus Act…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI agree with the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell): this Bill breaks the rule of law. It is against the national interests, and my party will oppose it. That…14 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsUnder this Prime Minister, we have suffered one of the worst death rates in the world and Europe’s worst death rate for health and care workers. Previously, he has refused my…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewI thank Baroness Cumberlege profusely for her review’s welcome conclusions on Primodos, and I praise the Sky journalists who have worked on this, and Marie Lyon and all the other…09 Jul 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI give almost two cheers for the short-term measures announced today, but less than one for the medium and long-term measures. The Chancellor will have to produce a much more…08 Jul 2020HANSARDThe EconomyThe hon. Lady, whom I call my hon. Friend, is absolutely right. I was part of the team that brought in the zero-carbon homes regulation, and two months after we left office the…08 Jul 2020HANSARDThe EconomyDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree that while it is right that the Bank of England is doing quantitative easing, how the money is spent ought to have more democratic input? That…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI thank the Chancellor for the positive measures that he has announced, but why was there absolutely nothing serious for the self-employed? With unemployment rocketing—perhaps up…08 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillAs the right hon. Gentleman knows, I am the second name on new clause 31, and he will note from the amendment paper that 54 hon. and right hon. Members have signed it. That is…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillI agree with what the right hon. Gentleman has been saying. Would he support the option of the House having a vote tonight on new clause 31, which relates to the loan charge?…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillThe right hon. Gentleman may remember that during the coalition Government, we put measures through, agreed at European level, for a directive on transparency on payments made by…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillAbsolute nonsense.01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillDoes the hon. Lady not think it would be right for the Minister to say from the Dispatch Box that the UK Government will work closely with the European Union as it develops its…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillIt is on the statute book.01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillLike the right hon. Gentleman, I have read books about F. D. R. I have studied F. D. R. The Prime Minister is no F. D. R.01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillThe hon. Gentleman has heard from the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) that the way that new clause 31 has been designed has used words already on the…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillCan I say how much I support the argument the hon. Lady is making? Does she agree with me that the Government’s digital services tax measure is actually a mouse of a measure…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI join the Prime Minister in sending our condolences to the family and friends of the victims of the appalling attacks in Reading. The Prime Minister wants to reassure us that…23 Jun 2020