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HANSARDDraft Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (Amendments to Chapter 2A of Part 5) Regulations 2019As ever, it is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Stringer. I thank the Minister for his explanation of the instrument, and wish all Members good fortune in the forthcoming…31 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ11. Mr Speaker, I know that everyone on this side of the House would like to associate ourselves with those comments about the Father of the House.One of the most consistent…30 Oct 2019HANSARDRestoring Nature and Climate ChangeI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, as that allows me to put on record my tribute to the Cheshire Wildlife Trust, which runs the Eastwood nature reserve in…28 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsTransPennine rail services between Leeds and Manchester through Stalybridge and Mossley are clearly vital to this country. The previous Government changed their mind quite a lot…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Draft Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Bailey. We have read out the title of this statutory instrument twice already, so I will exempt myself from that particular duty. For…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ5. The National Farmers Union reported this week that 16 million apples have rotted away, because the immigrant workers that normally pick them for the country have chosen not to…23 Oct 2019HANSARD Draft Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019It is an entirely reasonable observation that the UK pensions industry is structured differently and requires a different set of regulations and approach, but we have always known…23 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for securing this timely debate. What he just said is so important. The mandatory health visitor contacts in my constituency are not taking…23 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. I am reminded of the debate on article 50. There was tremendous pressure to trigger article 50, and I personally voted for us to do…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe argument for the Bill is that it will get Brexit done. Having listened to the debate, that appears to me to be the only argument for it; I have heard very few people advocate…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActsSurely the crucial point of this new deal is that it offers Great Britain a fairly hard Brexit in order to facilitate trade agreements with countries for which European standards…19 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesThat is completely unacceptable and I would hope there was agreement across all sides of political opinion on that, but the question I have is: will this post-Brexit free trade…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesIt would in effect be a national ID scheme, as my hon. Friend says, and that in itself has other implications. That is why the Electoral Reform Society has called this measure…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesIt would, to be fair, go some way to doing that: if the Government were willing to say, “If there is a new standard of proof to be able to cast your vote, we will provide that…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesIt is a privilege to follow the distinguished hon. Member for Mole Valley (Sir Paul Beresford) and to be able to say a little in response to the Queen’s Speech on behalf of my…16 Oct 2019HANSARDCAPITAL REQUIREMENTS (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019May I, too, say what a pleasure it is to see you in the Chair, Mr Bailey? The statutory instrument returns the Minister and I to our preparations for the country’s potential exit…07 Oct 2019HANSARDFINANCIAL SERVICES (ELECTRONIC MONEY, PAYMENT SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019It is a genuine pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Buck. It is good to be with the Minister for the second time today to discuss our contingency plans in the event of a no-deal…07 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Local Loans (Increase of Limit) Order 2019It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Gray, and, to be frank, it is a pleasure for the Minister and me to consider a statutory instrument that is not related to a no-deal…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Leasehold and Commonhold ReformI am grateful to the Minister for her generosity in giving way and to the hon. Member for Worthing West (Sir Peter Bottomley) for securing the debate. One thing I would beg the…02 Oct 2019HANSARDEconomic Effect of No DealThe Government’s current policy is that we can have higher public spending, falling debt and a no-deal Brexit, but those three things are impossible to deliver together, so on…01 Oct 2019