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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI have to say that if the noble Lord had been speaking for 20 minutes, it would have been much less interesting. I will not read them out, but in the Companion are two pages of…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe noble Lord knows that I have sympathy for his Bill—although there are others here who do not wish to see his Bill proceed—but he needs to have a word with Sir Oliver Letwin,…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThey voted for them.04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI will say very gently to the noble Lord that he ought to read the excellent speech made in the other place by the Secretary of State, Stephen Barclay, in which he explained in…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords—04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the House—yes, a rogue Speaker who allowed Dominic Grieve to amend an Act passed by both this House and the other place by a mere Motion, is what has created these difficulties.04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYes, indeed, and that is why we do not need this Bill, which is a point that I have already made. The Prime Minister has said that she wants an extension. She has asked—I think…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I beg to move that this House resolves itself into a Committee on the Motion in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter of Kentish Town, pursuant to Standing Order…04 Apr 2019HANSARDHMRC (EAC Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Economic Affairs Committee The Powers of HMRC: Treating Taxpayers Fairly (4th Report, HL Paper 242).04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat the House do now resolve itself into Committee.04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am not giving way.04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am happy to give way to my noble friend if he wishes to finish his point, but I think he made it pretty clearly. The noble Baroness suggests that this has all got to be done…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am surprised that the noble Countess did not intervene, given the length of that intervention from the noble Lord. He will recall that the Bill that he referred to was agreed by…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat is very alarming, because I thought that the noble Lord was a very good House of Commons man. When the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, said that in the House of Commons there was no…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy noble friend is quite right. The point that I am making is that at the other end of this building we have, in Sir Oliver Letwin’s own words, a revolutionary action taking place.04 Apr 2019HANSARDMaking Tax Digital for VAT (EAC Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Economic Affairs Committee Making Tax Digital for VAT: Treating Small Businesses Fairly (3rd Report, HL Paper 229)04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I appreciate that the hour is late and the House is anxious to get on with Second Reading. This is the first and, I suspect, the last time that I shall say, “God bless…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI very much agree with the point my noble friend made, particularly about the staff. There are two Motions from the Economic Affairs Committee that are being taken together. One…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIf there is not, it would be interesting to know what the arguments are. Then we could proceed in a sensible way that reflects people’s plans and also those of the staff of the…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt was indeed about the sovereignty of Parliament. The sovereignty of Parliament means that Parliament has a role to hold the Executive to account, not to become the Executive, as…04 Apr 2019