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HANSARD Loan ChargeLike many other Members, I have a number of affected constituents. When one of them first came to see me in my surgery, I listened. It was a complex tax case and it soon became…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI think that is right, and it would be good if the Minister was clearer about how many schemes HMRC is aware of, how many are currently being tackled by HMRC, how many remain…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. One of my constituents has done their own estimate and they believe that this could cost them £230,000. They say: “I was first contacted…04 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)The hon. Gentleman is fleshing out his arguments well. We cannot keep going around in circles. This Parliament has spent nearly three years debating the topic without finding a…01 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActDoes the right hon. and learned Gentleman agree that there is a difference between the people’s vote/public vote option and the others? The others relate to a substantive route…25 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionLike many in the House, I find it impossible to overstate my concern for our country today. We are nine days away from Brexit and, as things stand, we have no agreed strategy for…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI agree about that. In a sense, there are two issues here: the substance of the decision we need to take, which I was just talking about; and the manner in which the decision is…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionMy hon. Friend is absolutely right on that, and I will come to it shortly in my closing remarks. The extension that we require clearly needs to be for a purpose. There are only so…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension Procedure(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union if he will make an urgent statement to the House setting out the Government’s plans in relation to…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureThere are still many questions that the Minister has to answer in relation to how we will use our time productively over the remaining two weeks. As we have heard today, it is now…18 Mar 2019HANSARDBusiness without DebateFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I should inform the House that I did indeed speak personally with the Prime Minister to get Government support for this Bill.…15 Mar 2019HANSARDBusiness without DebateOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. All this week, this House has done nothing but debate Brexit. Children and young people are today protesting about what they perceive to…15 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionIndeed, and the purpose of the meaningful vote was to ensure that Parliament could give its assent to a path forward, which was a very sensible step. The original deadline of 29…14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI agree that we need collectively to find a way forward. Party politics and both Front Benches have got in the way of our doing that. In the context of the steps we now need to…14 Mar 2019HANSARD Clyde House and A2DominionMy hon. Friend has reminded me that it was remiss of me not to give thanks to Wandsworth Council for the work it did when issues of safety in Clyde House were raised. I put on…14 Mar 2019HANSARD Clyde House and A2DominionIt would be helpful if my hon. Friend covered the question of compensation. Often there are very serious problems with people’s properties, and they may even need to be moved out.…14 Mar 2019HANSARD Clyde House and A2DominionIndeed. It is really important that residents have access to redress, independent oversight of the quality of the work and somewhere to go when there are issues, and it is…14 Mar 2019HANSARD Clyde House and A2DominionThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. The work now under way at Clyde House will steadily make a difference to residents. Communal areas on all the floors will be redecorated, and…14 Mar 2019HANSARD Clyde House and A2DominionIndeed, and I will come on to what I think could be some of the solutions. The hon. Lady highlights one of the other issues that came out of the experience of Clyde House…14 Mar 2019HANSARD Clyde House and A2DominionThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Clyde House is a block of flats where residents have experienced problems pretty much from the word go after it opened several years ago. The…14 Mar 2019