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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThis week, the National Audit Office released a highly worrying report indicating that taxpayer exposure to the Treasury’s flagship business bounce back loans could be as much as…08 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateDiolch, Mr Deputy Speaker. Increasing evidence indicates that so-called long covid is impacting around 10% of those contracting the virus. What assessments have been undertaken of…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThis week, I received urgent concerns from a major meat-processing company in my constituency about its ability to export to EU countries post the Brexit transition phase. It is…01 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19The Secretary of State has said that there are essentially two strategies, but there is, of course, a third strategy, based on elimination, which is what New Zealand has pursued.…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillI agree with many of the points the shadow Secretary of State has made during his very valid contribution. Does he agree that one of the fundamental weaknesses with the Bill was…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillNotwithstanding the Secretary of State’s comments, he knows that some people who are very close to the military consider the Bill to be extremely controversial. Indeed, the…23 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his very carefully crafted amendment 89, which would mean a race to the top as opposed to the race to the bottom that he has alluded to.22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI am sorry for interrupting the hon. Lady so early in her speech, but she hits on a key point. There is a world of difference between consulting and consenting. Any respect agenda…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market Billrose—22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments on state aid, and I also thank the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash)—I did not realise the Tory party was so in favour of state…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillAs someone who represents two coalmining valleys, I think the hon. Gentleman might be guilty of some historical revisionism. The French, the Germans and the Spanish went through a…22 Sept 2020HANSARDCoach and Bus Sector: Covid-19What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the viability of the coach and bus sector.17 Sept 2020HANSARDCoach and Bus Sector: Covid-19Many of the coach companies based in my constituency are family-run businesses, and they inform me that they are facing a year-and-a-half-long winter in economic terms as a result…17 Sept 2020HANSARDUK Internal MarketWhat discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on legislative proposals for a UK internal market.16 Sept 2020HANSARDUK Internal MarketMuch of the rhetoric around the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill is that it is a shared asset, yet what is missing are any shared intergovernmental structures. On Owain Glyndwr…16 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the hon. Member give way?15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman is highlighting the fundamental weakness of the Bill from our perspective. The internal market is a shared asset between the four countries of the UK, but what…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI fully agree with amendment 28, which is very well drafted. The same should apply to Wales and Northern Ireland, because that would allay any fears in the respective devolved…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI agree with the vast majority of new clause 2, but this is the one point that really worries me, because it indicates that Westminster will have supremacy over Wales, Scotland…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIf the Office for the Internal Market writes a report that says, for instance, that a regulation passed by the Northern Irish Assembly—if it was functioning—was contrary to the…15 Sept 2020