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HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillVAT in Northern Ireland will be subject to the EU principal VAT directive, and for that purpose the ECJ will be the judicial body. I cannot comment as to whether or not there will…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillDame Rosie, what a delight it is to see you in the Chair, metaphorically if not actually. It is a measure of the wide gulf between the House’s professed intentions and its actual…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)My right hon. Friend will be aware that under the terms of the Northern Ireland protocol, we have agreed arrangements for Northern Ireland with the European Union. The goal of the…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)We do not expect the vast majority of any trade into Northern Ireland to be subject to any dual VAT arrangements. The whole purpose of these rules is to put in place the simplest…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I will give way once more, and then I will make some progress.08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I am afraid that inadvertently the right hon. Gentleman has misrepresented my position, or misdescribed my position. I am saying that we are following the Northern Ireland…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I admire the hon. Gentleman’s ingenuity in bringing this matter into a debate that has no direct relevance to that issue at all. I, like him, would like to see as green and…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I thank the hon. Gentleman. What I am actually doing is giving him a preview of a Bill that will be published in the normal way, after the resolutions debate has concluded. This…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)That is a most inappropriate term to use, if I may say so.08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I salute my hon. Friend’s astonishing indefatigability, but I am afraid his memory plays him false. I have already said that the notwithstanding provisions will not feature in…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I am awfully grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. Could she possibly name any EU treaty that has not been concluded by the EU at the last minute?08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)Did the hon. Lady say that the Government had sold someone down the river?08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)As you will be aware, Madam Deputy Speaker, I said no such thing. In fact, I responded and outlined the relevance of the statement to the speech and the debate. What I said was…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)This has been a very wide-ranging and interesting debate, and we have heard some diverse voices. I was particularly interested, as I am sure the House was, to see the knights of…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTaxation (Post-transition) BillThe Government have today tabled resolutions for the Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill as part of their preparations for the end of the transition period. The Bill will take…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for raising the question, and I will touch on it in my remarks in my opening speech, but I should say to him that I am not better sighted on…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I beg to move, That provision (including provision imposing and regulating new duties of customs) may be made in connection with goods in Northern Ireland and their movement into…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I thank my hon. Friend for having another go at this issue. Let me address the questions that he raises. I do not accept the point that he tries to make about whether this is, in…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I think the hon. Gentleman knows that the work that we are doing in terms of legislation very much has as its counterpart a great effort to put in place all the procedures that…08 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Access to and Acceptance of CashI thank the hon. Member very much. I do not know whether the Department has had the opportunity to talk to the Association of Convenience Stores specifically, but I do know that…03 Dec 2020