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HANSARDUK Preparedness: End of TransitionThe hon. Lady is absolutely right; we need to do everything we can to support businesses in Scotland and elsewhere. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International…17 Dec 2020HANSARDUK Preparedness: End of TransitionI try not to weary the House with overlong answers. On the hon. Lady’s substantive point, it is the case that we have extensive security and law enforcement and justice…17 Dec 2020HANSARDUK Preparedness: End of TransitionThe hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. It is the case that, in South Wales, there is a concentration of skilled workers in advanced manufacturing who are the pride of…17 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Negotiations: Devolved AdministrationsIt is the case that I have regular contact with Ministers in the devolved Administrations in order to ensure that we can work effectively together in our negotiations with the EU,…17 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Negotiations: Devolved AdministrationsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As has been pointed out by the Minister of Trade at this Dispatch Box on a number of occasions and as he has just reminded us, the SNP has…17 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill: Strength of UnionFor centuries, the ability to trade freely without barriers across the United Kingdom has been the cornerstone of our shared prosperity, and the United Kingdom Internal Market…17 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill: Strength of UnionI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. As he knows, I am a great admirer of him and of his colleague Alex Neil. One of the things about the approach that we are…17 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe House will know that last week I made a statement confirming that vice-president Maroš Šefčovič of the European Commission and I had reached agreement in principle on the…17 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know what a diligent constituency Member the hon. Gentleman is. If he gets in touch with my office, I will be directly in touch with the business concerned.17 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can absolutely reassure my hon. Friend that, as set out at the spending review, funding for the UK shared prosperity fund will be increased so that it at least matches the EU…17 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course, we would be delighted to make sure that the full assessment criteria are shared with the hon. Lady and with all constituency Members. The port infrastructure team had…17 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady raises an important issue. The funding in the port infrastructure fund was specifically available for projects that were due to be delivered by July next year, when…17 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. Lowestoft is a hugely important port. All the ports in Suffolk and those that serve the North sea are ports in which we wish to…17 Dec 2020HANSARDStrengthening the UnionMr Speaker, may I wish you and the whole House a safe and happy Christmas, on this, the last scheduled day of the Session? The Government are committed to protecting and promoting…17 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsBore da, Mr Speaker, and to the hon. Gentleman. It is the case that the UK Government have been clear about the importance of maintaining sovereignty, the right to diverge and…17 Dec 2020HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement Joint CommitteeThe next meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee will take place on 17 December 2020, by video conference, hosted by the EU. The meeting will be co-chaired by the…16 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementWe made that decision as a Government because we believed that we had satisfied all our aims in the discussions on the protocol. It was a sovereign decision, but I hope that it…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. There were some in the EU who wanted to mount a sort of land grab, as it were, and to have a part of Northern Ireland that was forever…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementI have known the hon. Lady, as she says, for a few years—she is a brilliant MP and she is absolutely right. The shadow Minister said that people should not play politics with the…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementOn the first point, my hon. Friend is absolutely right: section 38 of the Act that gave effect to the withdrawal agreement upheld the sovereignty of this place, and there is…09 Dec 2020