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HANSARDDigital Technology: New CongregationsMr Speaker, I should like to pass on my thanks to you, on behalf of Scottish Conservative MPs. You have given us the opportunity to speak so that our constituents know that the…31 Oct 2019HANSARDTributes to the Speaker’s ChaplainI appreciate the opportunity to pay a tribute to Rose. Like many in this House, I had experiences here that, when the personal combined with the professional, meant that I found…31 Oct 2019HANSARD Cross-border Trade and AccountingAs a result, I found that we were not able to get the level of transparency and speed of information when we were working right across China—certainly in a multinational company…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Cross-border Trade and AccountingIt is a pleasure to have secured this Adjournment debate on the exciting topic of accounting systems in cross-border trade. I know the House is racked with anticipation for this…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Cross-border Trade and AccountingIs the Minister on his feet?30 Oct 2019HANSARD Cross-border Trade and AccountingI hope it is whisky; we will be here for a while. Accountants can help us with some of our biggest social and environmental challenges. In the current context, with Brexit on the…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Cross-border Trade and AccountingI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. He is quite right. There is a number of those accounting systems, but there is also a number of other systems and structures in place…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Cross-border Trade and AccountingMy hon. Friend is almost making me skip over certain parts of my speech, so I appreciate his intervention. He is quite right. One of the key systems that is currently used is the…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Cross-border Trade and AccountingMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. The Minister will be well versed in some of the reports and debates on Making Tax Digital. A lot of these barriers were articulated at that…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Cross-border Trade and AccountingI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention—I think. As my record will show, I am very much in favour of more international co-operation, and I hope that we will be doing that…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Cross-border Trade and AccountingMy hon. Friend is making a very strong point about taxation returns and the problems in Northern Ireland. Does he agree with me that some of the simplest solutions can be the…30 Oct 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (First sitting)Q Welcome and congratulations. My questions will be a bit about Wales, but also Scotland and Northern Ireland. I do not want to put you in a constitutional hotspot, because most…29 Oct 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (First sitting)Q That leads me to my next question. In your experience—obviously, you come from the United States, which is federal system with several different states and lots of different…29 Oct 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (First sitting)Q You have talked a lot about the mapping exercise that you want to undertake. Do you foresee problems in having a national network, when it is not actually national—it covers…29 Oct 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (First sitting)Q It does. I appreciate that. I have one final question, if the Chair does not mind. Unfortunately, in an area such as this, your role is so worthy and so wanted throughout the…29 Oct 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (First sitting)Q There is no commissioner in Scotland. We have no equivalent. Currently, it falls between the courts and Police Scotland to pick up some of the activity. We have no commissioner,…29 Oct 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q No, I appreciate that. The section of the Bill on the commissioner’s role talks about the establishment of an advisory board. The Bill mandates that the board must include…29 Oct 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q This is important, and I do not want to put you in a constitutional hotspot, but devolved does not mean separate. A lot of the Bill is meant to be set by the UK Parliament. Some…29 Oct 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you very much for coming to the Committee today, and for your time. You mentioned that you had communicated with the devolved Administration in Scotland as well. Could you…29 Oct 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q My question builds on those of some of my colleagues regarding how children who experience domestic abuse link with potential fostering services, the Department for Work and…29 Oct 2019