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HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI think the hon. Gentleman and I have had this exchange before. The fact is that the reason this Bill has caused such concern—among five former Prime Ministers and all the people…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman says that that is completely untrue. I hope it is true, in the following sense: unless we remove the provisions in the Bill on lawbreaking and amend the…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillAs the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry) says, do not sign it, but I make another point. This is an agreement that the Government signed, and as the…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to be opposite the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Paul Scully). This big Bill began…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman and I have known each other a long time, and if one looks at the record of Labour Members on the devolution settlement, and at everything that has happened over…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is always a pleasure to give way to the hon. Gentleman, so I shall.07 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionLet me join the Minister in expressing deep sympathy for those who are at risk of losing their jobs. The test of Government, and indeed the House, is whether that sympathy…02 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job Retention(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to make a statement on support for business and the retention of jobs on the high…02 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI have such an array of options. I think the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell) was first.17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI will start with the vital context to the Bill. At the heart of it is the first duty of any Government: to protect our national security, while meeting the shared desire across…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point. Indeed, my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and I were discussing this very issue last night—that these…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI can say to the hon. Gentleman that this is the first time I have been called a Cummings-ite. I have been called many things in my time, but a Cummings-ite after Cummings is…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillThe hon. Gentleman makes the point that the United States has exactly the regime that I am talking about and does indeed have those wide powers of intervention, so the notion that…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely entitled to his view; we just have a difference of view on this. When it comes to our industrial base, I believe that the current legislation is…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillIt is interesting; I believe the hon. Gentleman supports this Bill—I may be wrong—but on national security, the Government will apply some tests and we could apply some tests when…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI really appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s point. These are not Christmas tree baubles that I have suddenly raised now. In 2010, there was the issue of the Kraft takeover of…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillIt sounds like a good idea to me, and I would welcome that. Actually, that is a convenient segue to the wider points that I want to make on this Bill. Our view is that this is…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillThe right hon. Gentleman has taken a huge interest in these issues and, again, speaks with great expertise, and he may well be right that it is possible to do more on the…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy right hon. Friend speaks with great knowledge on this issue, and he is completely correct. Indeed, I do not want to answer for the Secretary of State, but one of the issues…17 Nov 2020HANSARDManufacturing SectorOne obvious way to help our manufacturers is with a green stimulus equal to the scale of the economic emergency that we face. President-elect Biden has pledged $2 trillion for…10 Nov 2020