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HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI support the Government’s amendments to the legislation for the reasons outlined admirably by the Minister—it did need a little strengthening and this is a welcome…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the Minister confirm that Brexit is a huge opportunity to increase the powers both of this House—over our own internal market and economic prosperity—and of the devolved…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that we have these complications with this agreement because it was only half an agreement? The original idea was that nothing was agreed until…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the Minister confirm that the Government are not intending to break the law—and I do not think anything they have suggested is breaking the law—and will he confirm that those…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19Has my right hon. Friend looked at the advice given to the Swedish Government and the different policies they have followed? What does he deduce from that?28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19May I have a progress report on something we have talked about before: infection control? This time round, will there be isolation hospitals so that we can control the infection…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19The Government rightly want to get the virus down and limit deaths, but they also need to promote livelihoods and economic recovery, and it is proving difficult to get that…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19Can the hon. Gentleman think of any area where the Union Government, or England and Wales, have done better than Scotland, and that Scotland might be able to learn from?28 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillI think that this is an excellent set of proposals, which the Secretary of State has thought through with great enthusiasm and common sense. It is of course right that people…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillWill the changes the shadow Secretary of State wants to make overall give more protection to our veterans, or will they actually reduce the protections in this legislation?23 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWhy does the hon. Gentleman not see that this Bill has been brought about by the EU’s wish to break the agreement and what he would call international law by not respecting the…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the Minister confirm that if the European Union kept its promise in the political declaration of a free trade agreement, many of the troublesome issues would drop away and…21 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI am not pursuing a hard Brexit; I am pursuing the independence of our country which was voted on all too many years ago and which this Parliament, in a previous guise,…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillNo, most certainly that is not the point, and that is not my position. I am a democrat, and I have accepted completely the results of the referendums on devolution. It is quite…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI do not see any problem at all. I cannot for one moment believe that the United Kingdom Government would want to force on Scotland a project that Scottish people did not wish…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI rise to support clauses 46 and 47 and to disagree with the Opposition amendments. It is a great pity that the SNP wishes to turn every debate in this House into a debate on…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI do not accept that the Bill does any of those things. I think we are legislating in a perfectly legal and sensible manner. I shall go back to the remarks I wish to make about…16 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWill my hon. Friend confirm that the Bill says that these reports, which are not in themselves binding, are made to the Scottish Parliament as well as to the United Kingdom…15 Sept 2020HANSARD Awarding of Qualifications: Role of MinistersCan the hon. Gentleman give the House an update on the summer term in Scotland? How many pupils had the benefit of a full timetable of teaching digitally?09 Sept 2020HANSARD Awarding of Qualifications: Role of MinistersWill my right hon. Friend confirm that up until the point when the policy clearly had to change, he was always assured by Ofqual that the very sensible aims and instructions he…09 Sept 2020