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HANSARDVoter ID Requirements: Turnout and EnfranchisementI am very grateful to the hon. Lady for her repeated question, but she well knows that successive Governments, from both sides of the House, do not publish legal advice, and there…23 Sept 2021HANSARDVoter ID Requirements: Turnout and EnfranchisementI am surprised by the right hon. Gentleman, because it is not just a question of convictions: attempts to commit crimes are also wrongs. We have to focus on reducing the…23 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesI thank the hon. Lady for her question. I can, of course, confirm that. I know about Scots law, having held the Law Officer roles in this country. We have the greatest respect for…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesI thank the right hon. Lady for her welcome and her kind words. I have now been Attorney General, Solicitor General and Paymaster General in the last seven days, so I think I…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesWith permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement, which is also being made in the other place, on the opportunities the country has now that we have left the European…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesMy hon. Friend is, of course, quite right. With the establishment of the points-based immigration system that I have just mentioned, and the bilateral trade agreements that my…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesI hear my hon. Friend’s points and of course he knows that we are now taking back control of our borders.16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesI disagree with the hon. Lady on one thing: I do not think that Northern Ireland has only one unique selling point. I think it has multiple selling points and the people of…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesI agree completely.16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. If I may make a personal remark, my mother was born in Northern Ireland and I understand the issues that he refers to. His support for…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesOf course, we are always listening to business. The point that the hon. Gentleman makes is one that we are focusing on. He will also recognise that there are issues around Europe…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesI thank my hon. Friend for his comments and for his kind remarks earlier in the House. He is right about legal—as well as financial—services, and this is an opportunity. The legal…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesOf course, the whole area of AI will open up myriad issues such as the one that the hon. Lady referred to. The Government are alive to those points and will take all those issues…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesMy right hon. Friend makes a very good, apposite point. We will certainly take that back.16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesI am happy to confirm that my party is the party of business. We do listen to business, and business prospers in this country under Conservative Governments and will continue to…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesI thank my hon. Friend for his work in this area. I agree about the almost inevitable direction of travel, unless there is an intercession, which is what the Government wish and…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesI know the hon. Lady’s constituency well enough to know how beautiful it is. She talks, quite rightly, about its tourism value. The fact of the matter is that tourism has been…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesOf course, this is not about negatively affecting health and safety. This is about supporting workers. This is about supporting business. It is about making life easier for people…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesMy hon. Friend could not be more right, if I can put it that way. Those who were naysayers and gainsayers, those who were so relentlessly negative, are clearly wrong. They now…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesMy right hon. Friend makes a very good point and we will certainly be looking at that as a priority.16 Sept 2021