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HANSARD EU Retained LawThe dashboard worked perfectly well on an iPad, so I would have thought that it was not beyond the wit of Members of this House to get it to work. In many cases, the protections…22 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawAs it happens, my right hon. Friend the Environment Secretary has been extremely helpful in this process, so the hon. Gentleman should not believe everything he reads in…22 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawYes, indeed. Putting the information online, and opening it up to people—including, of course, to Members of Parliament—will make it much clearer where the blockages, obstructions…22 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawThere is a compelling case for Scotland to remain within the United Kingdom, which is what people voted for in 2014. There seems to be a remarkable short-sightedness about the…22 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawThis is beginning to sound like business questions. I will make sure that his request is passed on to my right hon. Friend the Lord President of the Council.22 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawThe retained EU law Bill.22 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawI agree with the hon. Gentleman that he and I have been consistent in our views on this matter, and therefore it is interesting, as always, to cross swords with him. He brings us…22 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawMy right hon. Friend is right: it is one of our freedoms. In his spring statement, the Chancellor announced some amelioration of VAT. I will ensure that my right hon. Friend’s…22 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman and share a lot of his views on this matter. It is fundamental that the benefits of leaving the European Union are for the whole of the…22 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. What we need is regulations that work rather than ones that require a lot of form filling. The Procurement Bill has been introduced in the…22 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawI do not know if the hon. Lady will particularly want a compliment from me, but she is one of the most assiduous attenders in this House. She fights for constituents who face…22 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawMy hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. Both of us represent rural constituencies in Somerset and one of the great advantages of Brexit is taking away the red tape that ties our…22 Jun 2022HANSARDFraud ReductionMy hon. Friend is a doughty champion of the proper expenditure of taxpayers’ money, which we always remember it is; the Government have no funds of their own. We have announced…09 Jun 2022HANSARDFraud ReductionWe have spent taxpayers’ money on building counter-fraud services, including the counter fraud function, counter fraud profession and a data analytics hub. Her Majesty’s Treasury…09 Jun 2022HANSARDBrexit: Economic OpportunitiesThe Government and I are very committed to ensuring we maximise the opportunities of leaving the EU to support economic growth. My hon. Friend, with his invariable parliamentary…09 Jun 2022HANSARDFraud ReductionI am glad to say we have Corporal Hindsight on duty in the Chamber this morning. The socialists were calling for bounce back loans to be issued faster, and therefore, inevitably,…09 Jun 2022HANSARDFraud ReductionI was going to point out to the right hon. Lady that business questions will follow in due course and that that would be her opportunity to raise such things with the Leader of…09 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend tempts me, but I remind him that the Government speak with one voice. What I will say is that yesterday there was a meeting between Ministers and the Secretary of…09 Jun 2022HANSARDFraud ReductionThese charges made by the socialists are completely false. They have no bearing on reality and they completely ignore what was the requirement two years ago. We needed PPE. There…09 Jun 2022HANSARDFraud ReductionMy hon. Friend is a great one for holding the Government and the bureaucracy to account, and he is right to do so. That is why we are looking to significant productivity increases…09 Jun 2022