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HANSARDCovid-19: Retail and Hospitality SectorsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need to get out there supporting our pubs and restaurants. The Eat Out to Help Out scheme operating during August is another great incentive…21 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Retail and Hospitality SectorsThrough the Business and Planning Bill, we are simplifying reliefs and the costs to cafés, pubs and restaurants of obtaining a licence to allow for outdoor dining. The Chancellor…21 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness, Energy and Industrial StrategyMy hon. Friend raises an important point. The review conducted by Lord Dunlop is, I understand, set to come to the Prime Minister in the autumn. I am sure that we will review it…20 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness, Energy and Industrial StrategyMy hon. Friend raises an important point. The review conducted by Lord Dunlop was, I understand, received by the Prime Minister in the autumn. The Government will be responding in…20 Jul 2020HANSARDVaccine TaskforceI am today updating Parliament on the work of the Vaccine Taskforce in securing a vaccine against covid-19. Tackling this virus is the biggest challenge that this country has…20 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is precisely what I want to do. This is a consultation; we are consulting and we want to get people’s views. My door is very much open to…16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperThe right hon. Gentleman talks about understanding Scotland; the one thing that is clear from the statements he has just made is that he certainly does not understand business in…16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperThe UK internal market is about preserving jobs across the United Kingdom. It is about making sure that investment can come in, confident in the knowledge that we have a level…16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperYes, indeed. My hon. Friend is absolutely right: powers will flow back to all the devolved Administrations—around 70 to Wales and around 150 to Northern Ireland.16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperI say respectfully to the hon. Lady that she needs to move on. The British people decided that we were leaving the European Union in 2016, and we are implementing that vote.16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperI could not agree more. Modelling shows that Scotland would suffer a GDP loss four times greater perhaps than that of the UK as a whole from unmitigated differences in regulations.16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperI have just said that the White Paper is indeed a consultation, and the hon. Gentleman along with everyone else in our country, is able to set out his views.16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperAbsolutely. As ever, my hon. Friend speaks a great deal of sense. This is about levelling up and making sure there is an equal opportunity for businesses across our country to be…16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperI could not have put it better myself. My hon. Friend is absolutely right. This is about protecting jobs, protecting businesses and, ultimately, protecting livelihoods. That is…16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperNo, this is not a power grab. As I have said, this is a power surge to the devolved Administrations. The hon. Gentleman talks about the consultation. I can tell him that the…16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperMy hon. Friend will know that professional qualifications will be covered under mutual recognition, which is good news for service sectors across the United Kingdom, but…16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperI hope that the proposals we are putting forward will strengthen the Union and strengthen support for business across the United Kingdom. The hon. Lady talks about consultation.…16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperI would be very happy to meet my hon. Friend and other colleagues in her region to discuss how it can benefit from the support that the Government have to offer.16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperI do not know whether the hon. Lady asks that in relation to the White Paper but, as she will know, we have been speaking informally to businesses for a period about the UK…16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperAs I said in response to an earlier question, we have provided support to 2.6 million people through the self-employment income support scheme, and businesses have been able to…16 Jul 2020